We start by Pontus correcting himself on numbers he uttered, then we contemplate whether the recent Russian election results hold water. In TWISH we celebrate the real giant of science Michael Faraday commemorating his brilliant method to prove the ideomotor phenomenon. Then we turn to the news:
- INTERNATIONAL: a ‘Godzilla level el Niño coming up?
- UK: Meta deepfake safeguards deemed “fundamentally inadequate” by own Oversight Board
- UK: ‘Blade runners’: Conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
This week’s Really Wrong Award goes to Kent Ekeroth of Sweden Democrats for blaming election defeat on ‘voting cattle’.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:51 GREETINGS
- The numbers live their own lives when Pontus speaks them
- Russian election results
0:08:18 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 22 September 1791: Michael Faraday was born
0:27:30 NEWS
- INTERNATIONAL: a ‘Godzilla level’ el Niño coming up?
- UK: Meta deepfake safeguards deemed “fundamentally inadequate” by own Oversight Board
- UK: ‘Blade runners’: Conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
0:44:02 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: Kent Ekeroth of Sweden Democrats blames election defeat on ‘voting cattle’
0:51:32 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
“Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds. Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets an error right, gives us (as a reward for our humility in being reproved) an absolute advancement in knowledge.”
/Michael Faraday/
0:53:30 OUTRO
0:54:45 OUT-TAKES