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The Skeptics Guide #736 - Aug 17 2019 (Ad Free) (Patreon)

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Your Numbers Up, News Items: Banana Fungus, Epstein Conspiracy, Weber's Law; Who's That Noisy; Changing the Calendar; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction 

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Gail Knapp

I originally heard about this calendar in an essay by Isaac Asimov. I thought it was his original creation. Hmm. He pointed out two other problems with it though. In order for it to work, we would need one day a year that wasn't on any day of the week, and every four years there would need to be two of them. These days would be holidays!

Gail Knapp

So, what would the problems be? Well, the religious right would have a problem with those two days not on any day of the week. When would the sabbath be? The calendar makers would go out of business. And what about the union contracts that would not have a way to explain what happens with those two extra days not on any day of the week. Whew.

qpsubzeroqp

In relation with the bell sound in the noisy section, here's a video that was released 4 days ago about one of the biggest instruments in the world. A tower of bells (aka carillon) and a type of the inner workings of it. They play Metallica, Harry Potter theme, and an original song and anyone in the mile range can hear them. It's amazing

Michael

I was thinking about the alternative calendar and realized 13 months of Friday the 13ths would never fly in America.