Phil Plait
publication date: Monday, June 23, 2014 (part of Summer 2014)
category: Science
clue: I'm skeptical of the notion that you're bad at the game if you can't pinpoint this space expert.
explanation: Plait wrote the blog and book Bad Astronomy, and was president of the JREF skeptical society for several years. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Mike Rothstein
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