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In the Netherlands, trust in science is increasing which is unexpected good news. We have some thoughts on the election results in Norway, plus you can now hear us on YouTube! In TWISH we hear about a close encounter in France and then it’s time for the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: Microdosing on weight loss drugs neither proven safe nor effective
• GERMANY: Mysterious deaths among AfD candidates prior to election?
• ITALY: Bad news for the Shroud of Turin
• UKRAINE: Europe’s largest paper mill identified?

RFK jr. may be American but the dangerous nonsense that “His Wrongness” is spreading reach us world wide. This time he has decided that paracetamol (aka Tylenol) is causing autism and for that he is Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:50 GREETINGS

• Find us on YouTube!
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theespeuropeanskepticspodc833
• Listener feedback: Dutch trust in science is… increasing(!)
  • Rathenau: https://www.rathenau.nl/sites/default/files/2025-07/Rapport_Vertrouwen_in_de_Wetenschap_%202025_Rathenau_Instituut.pdf
  • Short comment on Norwegian election result

  0:09:15 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

  • 10 September 1954: Marius Dewilde’s close encounter of the third kind in France
    • Wikpedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Dewilde
    • Vinepair: https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/chateauneuf-du-pape-ufo-wine-law/

  0:19:05 NEWS

  • INTERNATIONAL: Microdosing on weight loss drugs neither proven safe nor effective
    • Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/03/microdosing-glp-1-longevity-wellness/
  • GERMANY: Mysterious deaths among AfD candidates prior to election?
    • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/afd-candidates-died-germany/
  • ITALY: Bad news for the Shroud of Turin
    • CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/science/shroud-of-turin-oresme-philosopher
    • IFLScience: https://www.iflscience.com/670-year-old-manuscript-on-unexplained-phenomena-is-bad-news-for-believers-in-the-shroud-of-turin-80645
  • UKRAINE: Europe’s largest paper mill identified?
    • Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02809-y
    • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/we-risk-a-deluge-of-ai-written-science-pushing-corporate-interests-heres-what-to-do-about-it-264606

  0:38:42 REALLY WRONG

  • Really Wrong: RFK jr. to announce link between paracetamol (Tylenol) and autism. Huge Swedish study says no.
    • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx25l92q9xgo
    • Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240409123929.htm
    • JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406

  0:42:58 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

  “For moral reasons I am an atheist — for moral reasons. I am of the opinion that you would recognize a creator by his creation, and the world appears to me to be put together in such a painful way that I prefer to believe that it was not created by anyone than to think that somebody created this intentionally.”
  / Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. The quote is from an interview done by Peter Engel, “An Interview With Stanislaw Lem”: The Missouri Review, Volume VII, Number 2 (1984) /

  0:44:01 OUTRO

  0:45:24 OUT-TAKES