Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes
This week we look at the history of the Ig Nobel Prize, try to find out (Spoiler alert: without success) why pope Francis thinks rosaries are the best way to defend the church from the “Great Accuser” and bring you a ton of news, including: the Romanian referendum on the inclusion or exclusion of same sex marriage in the constitution, a Hungarian cancer quack who boasts likely made-up qualifications, Hans Rosling’s ‘Factfulness’ to become available for free to Swedish students, hundreds of Spanish scientist appeal to Health Minister for action against ‘pseudoscience that kills’, Natalie Grams’ highly anticipated English book on homeopathy to come out in December, what The Croydon Cat Killer might actually be, Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie’s new cool educational material published, investigation into a possible link between measles cases and health-related budget cuts in Italy.
Also, we are sheding some light on how wrong the WHO is for legitimising Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe
Show Notes:
00:00:26 Greetings
00:03:58 This Week in Skepticism: The first Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (2 October 1991)
00:11:48 Pontus Pokes the Pope
His Francisness calls for daily Rosary prayers during October
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-calls-prayers-protect-church-attacks-devil-n915011
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary
00:18:18 Skeptical News
ROMANIA: Referendum on same sex marriages
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_constitutional_referendum,_2018
- https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Hungary_2011.pdf
HUNGARY: In search of claimed qualifications of a cancer quack
SWEDEN: Hans Rosling’s last book ‘Factfulness’ free for all Swedish students
SPAIN: Hundreds of Spanish scientists ask for action against pseudoscience “that kills”
GERMANY: Natalie Grams’ book to be published in English in December
UK: The Croydon Cat Killer
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/20/after-three-years-hundreds-gruesome-deaths-britains-cat-killer-case-has-been-solved/
- https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/croydon-cat-killer-found/
GERMANY: INH comes out with new youtube video and other info material
ITALY: Possible link between health cuts and measles
- http://outbreaknewstoday.com/italy-public-health-cuts-strongly-linked-resurgence-measles-according-study-21087/
- https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/measles-and-rubella-monitoring-report-Sep-2018.pdf
00:47:25 Really Wrong: WHO to include TCM in the ICD
00:53:39 Quote and Farewell
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
/Napoleon Bonaparte/
00:54:31 Outro
00:55:46 Out-takes