Pseudoscience

…BTW, there was not a single monkey at the Scopes Monkey trial
Brian Eggo is back to save the day once again! as András and Annika couldn’t make it. But we hope that just like them and us, you will all make it to QED in Manchester on 23-24 of September. We will certainly be there! Tickets are now out and they’re selling like, well, QED-tickets after a pandemic. Get yours now!

In TWISH we hear about the arrest of John Scopes of the Scopes Monkey trial fame. (No monkeys were hurt in the making of this episode). Then, it’s time for the news:

• GERMANY: Homeopathy company Heel reported to authorities for false advertising of product
• UK: On the power of objects, as the country is preparing for the coronation of The Alternative Prince
• INTERNATIONAL: WHO pseudoscience
• INTERNATIONAL: How medical decisions are really made?

The Charité school in Berlin gets this weeks prize for being Really Wrong as they for no apparent reason pay for a professorship in anthroposophy.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:55 GREETINGS

• QED tickets released!
  • QED: https://qedcon.org/tickets

0:09:17 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 5 May 1925: The arrest of John Scopes (of Scopes Monkey trial fame)
  • Politico: https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/john-scopes-arrested-for-teaching-evolution-may-5-1925-106325″
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial

0:14:01 NEWS

• GERMANY: Homeopathy company Heel reported to authorities for false advertising of product
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/27/homoeopathie-irrefuehrende-werbung-fuer-neurexan/
• UK: On the power of objects, as the country is preparing for the coronation of The Alternative Prince
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/king-charles-iii-coronation-what-the-controversy-over-an-ancient-stone-tells-us-about-historical-symbols-in-the-modern-age-202171
• INTERNATIONAL: WHO pseudoscience
  • McGill University: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/world-health-organization-has-pseudoscience-problem?
• INTERNATIONAL: How medical decisions are really made?
  • Plos One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284383

0:36:18 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Charité medical school in Berlin is paying to host a professorship for anthroposophical medicine
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2023/04/why-does-the-charite-in-berlin-have-a-professorship-for-anthroposophical-medicine/

0:43:47 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

• Verse:
  Last night I had a vision
  Of people being congratulated
  Instead of ridiculed and hated
  For admitting that they made mistakes
  Chorus:
  Take a breath
  Try these for size
  I don’t know
  I changed my mind
• – From the song ‘Get it Right’ by Frank Turner.
• Lyrics:
  • Genius: https://genius.com/Frank-turner-get-it-right-lyrics
• Video of the song:
  • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlKy9LDUTrA

0:46:38 OUTRO

0:47:52 OUT-TAKES