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TheESP – Ep. #307 – What do people believe?

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Special report: Large Study Released by the Swedish Skeptics (VoF)

We start out welcoming the new year and chatting about the James Webb telescope, Omicron and that the Swedish King and Queen just tested positive. Also, András got caught on tape singing on New Year’s Eve! In TWISH we hear about a famous (but not too convincing) UFO encounter in Trans-en-Provence in France. No pope today, so we go directly into the news:

  • INTERNATIONAL: Retraction statistics show an increased rate of publishing questionable content
  • INTERNATIONAL: Vaccine hesitancy and how to deal with it
  • AUSTRIA: The level of education is a booster for the willingness to vaccinate
  • EU: Some gas and nuclear to be listed as green energy

Instead of a Really Wrong we get a Special Report about a Swedish study conducted by VoF. The VoF-study presents all about what the Swedish public actually believes in, from ghosts and homeopathy to 911 conspiracy theories and racism.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Special Report; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;

0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:53 GREETINGS

0:13:08 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

0:19:02 NEWS

0:37:35 SPECIAL REPORT

0:52:03 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“We cannot criticise global warming sceptics for denying the scientific consensus on climate when we ignore the same consensus on both the safety and the beneficial uses of nuclear power and genetic engineering.”
/ Mark Lynas (born 1973), British author and journalist whose work is focused on environmentalism and climate change. /

0:53:18 OUTRO

0:54:33 OUT-TAKES