Lots about guns and politics this week, as well as science, homeopathy and a little bit about lost pants. In TWISH we hear about Descartes and his suspicious death in 1650. Was it murder?
Here is a list of the news:
- SWEDEN: Mass shooting in Örebro
- GERMANY: Is this the descent of Homeopathy?
- SWEDEN: Government wants stricter laws regarding guns – Sweden Democrats in uproar
- UK: Evidence week a big success
- SCOTLAND: Alien abductee trousers(?)
The Really Wrong Award goes the Swedish government for their misuse of science to legitimize killing half the wolves.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:50 GREETINGS
- Pontus visited a ‘religions day’ at a school north of Gothenburg to descuss ‘not-religion’
0:07:12 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 11 February 1650: René Descartes dies with his cause of death debated to this day
0:16:14 NEWS
- SWEDEN: Mass shooting in Örebro
- Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skolskjutningen_i_%C3%96rebro_2025
- Omni: https://omni.se/flashbackdetektiver-pekade-ut-oskyldiga-fruktansvart-farligt/a/Xj3BEg
- Sydsvenskan: https://etidning.sydsvenskan.se/p/sydsvenskan-malmo/2025-02-06/a/joakim-palmkvist-massmordaren-hade-ratt-att-bara-vapen/2790/1830631/60534351
- GERMANY: Is this the descent of Homeopathy?
- SWEDEN: Government wants stricter laws regarding guns – Sweden Democrats in uproar
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/sweden-to-tighten-gun-laws-in-wake-of-orebro-mass-shooting
- SVT: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/jamtland/regeringen-vill-begransa-vissa-typer-av-vapen-forsaljaren-kan-vara-bra
- Omni: https://omni.se/ramaskri-i-sd-24-av-27-distrikt-i-protest-mot-vapenforbud/a/yEJWeR
- UK: Evidence week a big success
- Sense About Science: https://senseaboutscience.org/what-is-evidence-week/evidence-week-2024-2025/
- SCOTLAND: Alien abductee trousers(?)
0:44:42 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: Swedish government wants to kill half of the wolves, against science
0:49:17 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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In science we must all submit not to what seems to us attractive from one point of view or another, but to what represents an agreement between theory and experiment.”
/ Dmitri Mendeleev (8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907), Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. /
0:50:41 OUTRO
0:52:04 OUT-TAKES