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Episode #091

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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

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
  2. DENMARK: University of Copenhagen revokes doctoral degree for covering up misconduct
  3. NETHERLANDS: Netherlands wants EU to approve CRISPR crops since the technique is safe
  4. GERMANY: Correctiv.org – helping real time fact-checking during the upcoming German elections
  5. SWEDEN: Swedish police has NOT stopped rape investigations due to immigration
  6. GERMANY: A new book – False news making history
  7. ITALY: EU Court of Justice gives Italian farmer right to grow GMO corn (maize)

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