Fact Checking

On this episode:
Before we head out to the 17th European Skeptics Congress, we bring you news from Germany, Denmark, Italy and the UK, talk about Sigmun Freud and his weird theories. We try to find out if the world is coming to an end (again) and how fact checking can prevent elections from going off track.
Also, after the Congress, Andras is going on the About Time Tour with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubo Baburov to do some skeptical networking in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary. Feel free to donate to theri cause at fundly.com/about-time-tour-ske…rking-across-europe

Also, make sure you check out our event page at https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe

Segments
Intro; Greetings & Feedback; This Week in Skepticism; Skeptical News; Really Right; Quote

Show notes:
00:00:00
INTRO music

00:00:27
Greetings and Feedback

• Cassini Grand Finale
• Voyager-1 on its way since 1977

00:10:39
This Week in Skepticism
Sigmund Freud, died on 23 September 1939.

00:17:48
Skeptical News

1. UK/WORLD: The end of the world is upon us – again
   • The Daily Express: END OF THE WORLD September 23: Bible prophecy that ‘proves’ solar eclipse was a sign
   • The Sun: ‘DOOMSDAY IS COMING’Is the end of the world on September 23 and what is David Meade’s theory about the Great American solar eclipse and Planet X?
2. DENMARK: University of Copenhagen revokes doctoral degree for covering up misconduct
   • Retraction Watch: Copenhagen revokes degree of controversial neuroscientist Milena Penkowa
   • The University of Copenhagen: The University of Copenhagen revokes doctoral degree
3. NETHERLANDS: Netherlands wants EU to approve CRISPR crops since the technique is safe
   • Genetic Literacy Project: Netherlands wants CRISPR gene-edited crops exempt from Europe’s GMO laws
4. GERMANY: Correctiv.org – helping real time fact-checking during the upcoming German elections
   • Medium.com: #WahlCheck17: Monitoring the German election with Correctiv.org
5. SWEDEN: Swedish police has NOT stopped rape investigations due to immigration
   • Snopes.com: Are Police in Sweden No Longer Investigating Rapes Since Migrants Arrived?
6. GERMANY: A new book – False news making history
   • Fake News machen Geschichte
   • The Alpine Fortress
7. ITALY: EU Court of Justice gives Italian farmer right to grow GMO corn (maize)
   • Yahoo Finance: European court sides with Italian farmer pushing GM crops

00:37:31
Really Right: Skeptical activism keeps Avocado (Wolfe) out of Finland

Finland Doesn’t Cry Wolfe

00:47:02
Quote
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
/Albert Einstein, German physicist/

00:48:21
Outro

00:49:36
Outtakes