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A little correction to start with, and then in TWISH we hear about the Jesuit and scientist Tommaso Ceva. Of course, we also have the news:

• SWEDEN: Private clinics on public contracts promoted nonsense cures, denied sick patients and cheated
• HUNGARY: Government’s own fact checkers cause for concern in Europe
• UK: Boycott against Arla for trying to reduce methane emissions
• INTERNATIONAL: New comprehensive review of homeopathy is actually BS
• UK: Follow up on Church of England scandal
• ROMANIA: Presidential elections called off after Russian meddling

The EU has a regulation stating that farmers have to prioritize homeopathy before real veterinary medicine to keep their “organic” label, and for that the EU is Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

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

0:00:51 GREETINGS

• Correction from last week from Susan: Wrong Wendy credited for SI article

0:07:33 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 20 December 1648: Birth of Tommaso Ceva, 17th century jesuit and scientist
  • MacTutor: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ceva_Tommaso/

0:11:56 NEWS

• SWEDEN: Private clinics on public contracts promoted nonsense cures, denied sick patients and cheated
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/sverige/larmen-om-vardcentralerna-frukt-och-fusk-i-stallet-for-vard/
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scandinaviandoctors/
  • Allabolag: https://www.allabolag.se/organisation/skandinavian-h%C3%A4lso-och-sjukv%C3%A5rdskonsult-aktiebolag/limhamn/h%C3%A4lsotj%C3%A4nster/2K445NTI63IHB
• HUNGARY: Government’s own fact checkers cause for concern in Europe
  • Lakmusz: https://www.lakmusz.hu/a-kormanyparti-tenyellenorzes-modszerenek-terjedese-aggodalomra-ad-okot-europaban-is/
• UK: Boycott against Arla for trying to reduce methane emissions
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/10/ministers-must-reassure-consumers-feeding-cattle-bovaer-is-safe-says-lady-sheehan
• INTERNATIONAL: New comprehensive review of homeopathy is actually BS
  • Springer: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12325-024-03022-5.pdf
• UK: Follow up on Church of England scandal
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/18/george-carey-former-archbishop-of-cantebury-resignation-church-sexual-abuse-case-bbc-investigation-david-tudor-ntwnfb
• ROMANIA: Presidential elections called off after Russian meddling
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20ndg1eeeno

0:39:36 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Under EU legislation, organic farming of animals must prioritize homeopathy
  • EU regulation: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj/eng
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2024/12/eu-law-states-categorically-homeopathy-is-first-line-medicine-really-no/

0:45:56 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Science is the future of mankind.”
/ Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1 April 1933 – ), French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. /

0:47:11 OUTRO

0:48:26 OUT-TAKES