We bring you news and stories from the world of skepticism again this week, including:
Rosalind Franklin’s namesake rover to go to Mars to look for traces of life, Philippe de Cherisey and the Priory of Sion hoax, a lying pope, a German court rejecting a claim for CAM to be offered as part of a benefit system, Goop to come to Netflix, causing outrage among skeptics, “Vaxxed II – The People’s Truth” on its way to make things even worse, while the measles epidemic goes truly global. Meanwhile, German researchers prove that it doesn’t matter whether you drink wine or beer first, the result is the same (if you drink enough). And finally, fanatically religious Spanish citizens stopping the setup of a statue of the devil…
Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Wrong; Radio Spots; Quote; Outro; Out-takes
Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe
00:00:27 Intro
00:00:49 Greetings
Rosalind Franklin‘s namesake rover goes to Mars to look for traces of life.
00:06:54 This Week in Skepticism
On 13 February 1923, Philippe de Cherisey was born.
00:15:21 Pontus Pokes the Pope
Defrocking ex-cardinal McCarrick, Francis is lying and nuns were kept as sex slaves:
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-abuse-mccarrick/vatican-to-rule-next-week-on-defrocking-of-disgraced-us-cardinal-sources-idUSKCN1PX1O8
- https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/02/07/pope-francis-lied-to-protect-priest-who-allegedly-covered-up-child-sex-abuse
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47157088
00:23:04 Skeptical News
GERMANY: Court rejects claim for subsidisation on various herbal and alternative medicinal products
- https://blog.gwup.net/2019/02/05/urteil-jobcenter-muessen-nicht-fuer-globuli-zahlen/
- https://www.wr.de/politik/jobcenter-muessen-grundsaetzlich-nicht-fuer-homoeopathie-zahlen-id216362493.html
INTERNATIONAL: Goop: Netflix gives platform Gwyneth Paltrow’s dangerous BS
INTERNATIONAL: Vaxxed II indiegogo campaign on its way
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vaxxed-ii-the-people-s-truth#/
- http://vaccineimpact.com/2019/vaxxed-ii-the-peoples-truth/
INTERNATIONAL: The measles epidemic is truly a global
- https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47157020
- http://outbreaknewstoday.com/ireland-measles-outbreak-declared-donegal-21337/
- http://outbreaknewstoday.com/ukraine-reports-15000-measles-cases-january-27955/
GERMANY: German scientists bust an age-old myth about whether to drink beer or wine first to avoid hangovers
00:54:02 Really Wrong
SPAIN: Religious citizens tries to stop statue of the devil
00:59:20 Radio spots
01:01:32 Quote
“But you look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation of life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.”
/Rosalind Franklin British chemist and X-Ray Christallographer/
01:03:34 Outro
01:04:49 Out-takes