Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; News; Analysis; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
Show Notes:
00:00:26 Greetings
- New book out by Edzard Ernst: “More Harm than Good“
- The Pope condemns fake news and snake-tactics
00:07:15 This Week in Skepticism
- Nostradamus update: was he a copycat?
- This week: the Devil’s Footprints
00:14:07 Skeptical News
- SWEDEN: Another Macchiarini report retracted
- GERMANY: Anti-vax presentation cancelled in Ebersberg
- INTERNATIONAL: Are All Homeopathic Drugs Now Illegal?
- IRELAND Proposed bill to protect patients from fake cancer treatments
- UKRAINE: Measles epidemic continues, 3000 cases in January
- INTERNATIONAL: EC consultation on vaccinations
- PORTUGAL: Skepticism at TEDxPorto 2018
- INTERNATIONAL: IPCC Handbook on Climate Change Communication
The Guardian: Much needed step for climate panel - INTERNATIONAL: Doubtful News phase out
00:42:11 Analysis: the Backfire Effect Re-considered
- “You Are Not So Smart” podcast, ep 120
- The original backfire study
- The new update
00:55:06 Really Wrong:
Irish priest calls out for more exorcists
00:59:18 Quote
“We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language.”
Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
01:00:47 Outro
01:02:02 Outtakes