In this week’s episode we announce the winner of our SkepKon raffle! We also invite you to take GapMinder’s test to see how well you know the state of the world before we catch up with Alice and Laurie from the Merseyside Skeptics who tell us all about their upcoming 10 year celebration: MSSX on 6 July. You should go!
This week 36 years ago, Stern Magazine had to admit that the Hitler diaries they had spent 19 million marks on were fake.
Pope Francis is being accused of heresy by Catholic priests and Pontus is trying to see the papal future.
In the news we report that GWUP’s skeptical Heinz Oberhummer award goes to “No Such Thing as a Fish”, that Sweden has NOT banned mandatory vaccinations and that you can already now start nominating candidates for the Flying Unicorn Awards in Portugal.
We also learn from a study by Glasgow University just how bad it is to take diet and health advice for Twitter (just don’t!).
Segments:
Intro; Greetings; Interview; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Out-takes
Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe
00:00:36 Intro
00:01:00 Greetings
Check how much you know about how the world really is by taking the GapMinder test! Can you beat Pontus and András who were both 11 / 13?
Plus we announce the raffle winner of the ticket to SkepKon 19 in Augsburg 30 May-1 June!
00:09:24 Interview
Alice Howarth and Laurie Philips joins us to tell all about the MSSX celebrations in Liverpool on 6 (and 7) July! You should defenitely go!
00:19:44 This Week in Skepticism
On 6 May 1983, Stern Magazine admitted that they had spent 19 million marks on fake Hitler diaries.
00:28:08 Pontus Pokes the Pope
Francis thinks that gossiping hairdressers is something he should be bothered with, while at the same time a band of priests charge him with heresy! Plus, Pontus sees the future.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-heresy-idUSKCN1S73KE
- http://afp.omni.se/pope-urges-hairdressers-to-cut-gossip/a/xPlolR
00:34:36 Skeptical News
AUSTRIA: “No Such Thing As A Fish” gets Heinz Oberhummer Award 2019
- https://blog.gwup.net/2019/04/28/heinz-oberhummer-award-2019-geht-an-no-such-thing-as-a-fish/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Such_Thing_as_a_Fish
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi
SWEDEN: Old rumors resurface, but Sweden has not banned mandatory vaccination
PORTUGAL: Nominations for the Flying Unicorn Awards 2019 now open
00:46:06 Really Wrong
Social media influencers give bad diet and fitness advice eight times out of nine
00:51:42 Quote and Goodbye
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
/ David Hume, 7 March 1711 to 25 August 1776. Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist /
00:52:35 Outro
00:53:50 Out-takes