Nicotine

Put it up your bum!

Are people losing their wits as covid restrictions are lifted? Elections and referendums are happening and András goes beyond spacetime in an upcoming book and this week marked 20 years since the Estonia disaster. Pope Francis may be losing it too, since the Vatican Secretary of State has to publicly contradict him. Then we dive into the news:

• DENMARK: The trend of sticking nicotine up your ass
• UK: Doctor jailed for exorcism that almost turned into murder
• INTERNATIONAL: Mesotherapy – Not safe and no evidence that it works
• SWEDEN: Fire health staff that refuse to get the vaccine?
• SPAIN: Spanish skeptical organisation’s ‘Explaining Logical Fallacies’ selection now translated to Italian
• SPAIN: Talks of 11 Sept Congress now available with subtitles

Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week In Skepticism; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:52 GREETINGS

• Are people losing it after lockdown?
  • Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84127-7
• German election
  • Die Welt: https://www.welt.de/politik/bundestagswahl/article233164435/Wahlergebnis-Das-Endergebnis-zur-Bundestagswahl-2021-Alle-Grafiken.html
• Referendums in Switzerland and San Marino
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58696604
  • AFP (Omni): https://afp.omni.se/san-marino-votes-to-legalise-abortion-partial-referendum-results/a/wOKeb1
• András will write a chapter in a book titled ‘Beyond Spacetime’

0:18:16 THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICISM

• 28 September 1994, the Estonia ship disaster
  • Tagesschau: https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-26218.html
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia
  • Magasinet Filter: https://magasinetfilter.se/filterbubblan/estonia-fakta-checklista-sa-kanner-du-igen-intellektuellt-snomos/
  • Magasinet Filter: https://magasinetfilter.se/tag/granskning-estonia-och-konspirationerna/
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_MS_Estonia

0:27:49 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Is he all there? Frankie claims people want him dead and that they are preparing the next conclave. Pietro Parolin says that never happened
  • Crux (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTqgHuWT9_0

0:32:05 NEWS

• DENMARK: The trend of sticking nicotine up your ass
  • Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dbv78/young-scandinavians-are-sticking-nicotine-pouches-up-their-asses
• UK: Doctor jailed for exorcism that almost turned into murder
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-58596705
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/hossam-metwally-case-how-exorcism-can-become-a-cover-for-domestic-abuse-168531
• INTERNATIONAL: Mesotherapy – Not safe and no evidence that it works
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2021/09/mesotherapy-what-is-it-does-it-work-are-there-risks/
• SWEDEN: Fire health staff that refuse to get the vaccine?
  • Sveriges Radio: https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/sjukvardsregionrad-vill-kunna-sparka-ovaccinerad-personal
• SPAIN: Spanish skeptical organisation’s ‘Explaining Logical Fallacies’ selection now translated to Italian
  • Excepticos: https://www.escepticos.es/node/8282
• SPAIN: Talks of 11 Sept Congress now available with subtitles
  • Excepticos: https://www.escepticos.es/node/8284

0:51:40 REALLY WRONG

• REALLY WRONG: Osteopathy on the rise in France
  • The Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2021/09/the-curious-rise-in-the-popularity-of-osteopathy-in-france/

0:57:35 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views.”
/ Tom Baker, uttered as the Fourth Doctor (20 January 1934 – ), English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who. /

0:59:40 OUTRO

1:00:55 OUT-TAKES