Episode #007

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)

• Derek Acorah on Wikipedia
• Derak Acorah’s website

00:13:42
What’s on in Europe:

• New ‘Skeptical Events in Europe’ calendar is published!

COMING SOON

1. EASTBOURNE Skeptics in the Pub, UK (27th January 2016, 20:00) 
   • Michael Marshall: ‘Homeopathy on the NHS, and what we can do about it’
   • The event on WeGotTickets
2. TENERIFE Skeptics in the Pub, Spain (27th January 2016, 20:00)
   • Juanjo Martín: ‘Adventures and misadventures on an exmagufo’
   • More information on the Escepticos website (in Spanish)
   • The event on Facebook
3. SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR Skeptics in the Pub, Hungary (27th January 2016, 20:00)
   • ‘Lest it’s only the Force that awakens’
   • The event on Facebook (in Hungarian)
4. ZÜRICH Skeptics in the Pub, Switzerland (28th January 2016, 19:00)
   • Stephan Neuhauss: ‘Evolution is only a theory, right?’
   • The event on Skeptiker.ch (in German)
   • The event on Facebook (in German)
5. VALENCIA Skeptics in the Pub, Spain (28th January 2016, 20:00)
   • Guillermo López: ‘Rajoy against “guapocracy”‘
   • More information on the Escepticos website (in Spanish)
6. THE HAGUE Skeptics in the Pub, The Netherlands (29th January 2016, 20:00)
   • The event on Facebook (in Dutch)
7. 1^st day of Course for ‘Investigators of Mysteries’, Italy (30th January 2016)
   • About the course on CICAP’s website
   • About the course on Massimo Polidoro’s site
8. UTRECHT Freethinkers in the Pub, The Netherlands (1st February 2016, 20:00)
   • Samantha Stein: ‘Camp Quest – Summer Camp for Young Freethinkers’
   • The even on Facebook
9. LEIPZIG 1st Skeptics Meeting, Germany (3rd February 2016, 19:00)
   • About the event on GWUP’s blog
10. GHENT Skeptics in the Pub, Belgium (3rd February 2016, 20:30)
    • Maarten Boudry: ‘Advanced Illusions’
    • The event on Skepp’s website
11. AMSTERDAM Skeptics in the Pub, The Netherlands (8th February 2016, 20:00)
    • ‘Myths about GMOs’
    • The event on Meetup
12. COPENHAGEN Skeptics in the Pub, Denmark (8th February 2016, 19:00)
    • ‘Fitness Myths’
    • The event on Facebook (in Danish)

00:24:28
What’s hot in Europe?

1. “Is working out the best way to tackle obesity?”
   • BBC News: Exercise ‘not key to obesity fight’
   • EUObserver: WHO – Europeans alarmingly obese
   • WHO: The European health report 2015. Targets and beyond – Reaching new frontiers in evidence
   • BJSM: It is time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity: you cannot outrun a bad diet
   • IJE: Physical activity does not influence obesity risk: time to clarify the public health message
   • Foresight Report (2007)
   • AMRC (2015): Exercise – The Miracle Cure
   • About Food Energy on Wikipedia
   • List of countries by food energy intake in Wikipedia
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
   • The Guardian: French drug trial leaves one brain dead and three facing permanent damage
   • C&EN: New Details Emerge About Clinical Trial Tragedy In France
   • Nature: Scientists in the dark after French clinical trial proves fatal
   • Nature: Researchers question design of fatal French clinical trial
   • RAPS: FDA Conferring With EU Counterparts on Trial Fiasco in France
   • AllTrials: Comment from Ben Goldacre on the phase 1 clinical trial disaster 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’

• About Jay Novella on The Skeptics Guide to the Universe website

00:59:24
Logical Fallacies: The unfalsifiability claim

• About unfalsifiability on Wikipedia
• Unfalsifiability on LogicallyFallacious.com 

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

• Brian Kelly on LinkedIn
• UK Webfocus website
• Brian Kelly’s Twitter handle @briankelly 

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

• GSoW blog
• Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia Facebook page 

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