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Episode #007

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Our first episode without a long, feature interview, yet we’ve had so many things to talk about. Lots of skeptical events across Europe and much more.
 
Segments:
Intro; Greetings; Listener feedback; On this day; What’s on in Europe?; What’s hot in Europe?; Preview of Pontus’ interview with Jay Novella; Logical Fallacies; Interview with Brian Kelly at WSC; Really Wrong; True or false; Quote
  
Show notes:
00:00:00
INTRO music
 
00:00:34
Introduction and greetings
 
00:01:02
Listener feedback, etc.
 
00:06:12
Overview of the podcast
 
00:08:27
On This Day – On 27th January: Derek Acorah born in the UK (1950)

00:13:42
What’s on in Europe:

COMING SOON

  1. EASTBOURNE Skeptics in the Pub, UK (27th January 2016, 20:00) 
  2. TENERIFE Skeptics in the Pub, Spain (27th January 2016, 20:00)
  3. SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR Skeptics in the Pub, Hungary (27th January 2016, 20:00)
  4. ZÜRICH Skeptics in the Pub, Switzerland (28th January 2016, 19:00)
  5. VALENCIA Skeptics in the Pub, Spain (28th January 2016, 20:00)
  6. THE HAGUE Skeptics in the Pub, The Netherlands (29th January 2016, 20:00)
  7. 1st day of Course for ‘Investigators of Mysteries’, Italy (30th January 2016)
  8. UTRECHT Freethinkers in the Pub, The Netherlands (1st February 2016, 20:00)
  9. LEIPZIG 1st Skeptics Meeting, Germany (3rd February 2016, 19:00)
  10. GHENT Skeptics in the Pub, Belgium (3rd February 2016, 20:30)
  11. AMSTERDAM Skeptics in the Pub, The Netherlands (8th February 2016, 20:00)
  12. COPENHAGEN Skeptics in the Pub, Denmark (8th February 2016, 19:00)

00:24:28
What’s hot in Europe?

  1. “Is working out the best way to tackle obesity?”
  2. World wide protests after claims of religious persecution http://www.vl.no/nyhet/world-wide-protests-after-claims-of-religious-persecution-1.672326#
  3. Vaccine Crisis in Ukraine
  4. Phase I trial gone wrong in France

00:51:51
Preview of Pontus’ interview with Jay Novella at the special MALMÖ Skeptics in the Pub event ‘An evening with Jay Novella’

00:59:24
Logical Fallacies: The unfalsifiability claim

01:03:47
Interview with Brian Kelly at the Wikipedia Science Conference in September 2015

01:13:59
Really Wrong: Communicology
  
01:18:11
Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) Radio spot

01:19:51
True or False

  1. Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne scientists discovered that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless
  2. Residents of several villages in northwest Spain were alarmed when the rain that day was blood-red colour
  3. University of Amsterdam scientists discovered that symptoms of asthma can be treated with a roller-coaster ride.

01:27:56
Quote
“The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don’t stop to marvel.”
 
/Albert Einstein/
 
01:28:49
Outro
 
01:30:05
Out-takes