Steven Novella
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Steven Novella is an American neurologist, academic, and prominent skeptic best known for his work promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking through media, education, and organizations such as the New England Skeptical Society and the podcast "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe."
All labels observed (1)
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| Steven Novella canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8503575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Novella Context triple: [Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, hasKeyPerson, Steven Novella]
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A.
Josh Gudwin
Josh Gudwin is a Grammy-winning Canadian recording and mixing engineer best known for his work with major pop artists such as Justin Bieber.
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B.
David S. Kaufman
David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
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C.
Steven Epstein
Steven Epstein is a renowned American classical music producer known for his Grammy-winning work on numerous acclaimed recordings.
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D.
Jeff Kodosky
Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
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E.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Patrick Nielsen Hayden is an influential American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher, known for shaping the careers of numerous prominent genre authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Novella Target entity description: Steven Novella is an American neurologist, academic, and prominent skeptic best known for his work promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking through media, education, and organizations such as the New England Skeptical Society and the podcast "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe."
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A.
Josh Gudwin
Josh Gudwin is a Grammy-winning Canadian recording and mixing engineer best known for his work with major pop artists such as Justin Bieber.
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B.
David S. Kaufman
David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
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C.
Steven Epstein
Steven Epstein is a renowned American classical music producer known for his Grammy-winning work on numerous acclaimed recordings.
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D.
Jeff Kodosky
Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
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E.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Patrick Nielsen Hayden is an influential American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher, known for shaping the careers of numerous prominent genre authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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neurologist ⓘ podcaster ⓘ science communicator ⓘ skeptic ⓘ |
| advocates |
evidence-based medicine
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science-based medicine ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Bob Novella
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Jay Novella ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Georgetown University School of Medicine
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linked to:
Georgetown University Medical Center
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| employer |
Yale University
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Yale University School of Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
Yale School of Medicine
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| familyName | Novella ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
critical thinking
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neurology ⓘ science communication ⓘ scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
ⓘ
skeptical literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Steven ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalRole |
co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society
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editor of Science-Based Medicine ⓘ founding member of Science-Based Medicine ⓘ |
| hasPodcast |
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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linked to:
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast
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| ideology | scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
New England Skeptical Society
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Science-Based Medicine blog ⓘ The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast ⓘ promoting critical thinking ⓘ promoting scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Steven Novella ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (book)
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linked to:
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (podcast) ⓘ
linked to:
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast
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| occupation |
neurologist
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podcaster ⓘ science writer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| opposes |
medical quackery
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pseudoscience ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine
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host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe ⓘ president of the New England Skeptical Society ⓘ |
| sibling |
Bob Novella
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Jay Novella ⓘ Perry DeAngelis (skeptical collaborator, not biological) ⓘ |
| website |
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org
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https://theness.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Steven Novella Description of subject: Steven Novella is an American neurologist, academic, and prominent skeptic best known for his work promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking through media, education, and organizations such as the New England Skeptical Society and the podcast "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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