Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Out-takes
Show Notes:
00:00:27 Greetings
Andras talks about this travels around Europe and meeting old friends; We remind listeners to book QED as tickets are limited (all the evening gala tickets are gone now!); Just a quick philosophical discussion on whether the government should be involved in telling its citizens how to live, what to eat, drink or smoke
00:12:38 This Week in Skepticism
Colin Fry (19 May 1962 – 25 August 2015) was an English television personality, entertainer and self-proclaimed medium. Fry consistently professed his beliefs as a psychic and garnered a following across his career, whilst critics said his capabilities came from cold reading
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/colin-fry-medium-who-for-more-than-30-years-entertained-and-comforted-audiences-on-stage-and-on-10473580.html
- https://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/in-which-colin-fry-sinks-low/
00:21:00 Skeptical News
- UK: FullFact publishing survey results on why and how people use fact checking:
https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/full_fact_audience_research_final.pdf - PORTUGAL : Truths and Lies about Vaccines:
http://comcept.org/2018/04/23/livro-a-verdade-e-a-mentira-das-vacinas/ - EU: EU action on vaccine preventable diseases:
https://epha.org/stepping-up-european-action-on-vaccine-preventable-diseases/
Guidelines to achieve more in health:
https://epha.org/joint-statement-europe-lets-do-more-for-health/
Update on the current state of measles – terrible news:
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/measles-ukraine-cases-among-adults-increase-76961/amp/
New measles outbreak in Spain:
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/measles-outbreak-reported-tortosa-catalonia-93211/amp/
- UK: NHS West Midlands urgently asks all parents to vaccinate their kids against measles
- HUNGARY: Hungarian Academy of Sciences takes on the fight against pseudoscience:
http://mta.hu/kozgyules2018/az-akademia-a-tudomanyos-modszer-mellett-all-ki-lovasz-laszlo-elnoki-beszamoloja-108702
The Academy urges large scale reforms in education:
https://index.hu/tudomany/2018/05/07/az_akademia_komoly_kritikat_mondott_a_magyar_oktatasugyrol/
- GERMANY: Intravaginal manipulations by osteopaths
http://edzardernst.com/2018/05/intravaginal-manipulations-by-german-osteopaths-a-new-low-point-for-clinical-research-into-alternative-medicine/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/osteopathy/evidence/
- SWEDEN / INTERNATIONAL : Fraudulent “”researcher”” spreads misinformation about HPV vaccinations in international paper
http://lakartidningen.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2018/05/KI-utreder-misstankt-falsk-forskare-Extremt-allvarligt/ - SLOVENIA / LATVIA: Former president of the Medical Chamber of Slovenia performs “”Rigvir”” treatments in Latvia
https://novice.svet24.si/clanek/novice/slovenija/5af14d76cde2b/nekdanja-predsednica-zdravniske-zbornice-meni-da-ji-nagajajo-velike-farmacevtske-druzbe
- HUNGARY: New minister of Human Capacities is a complete and utter disgrace:
http://abouthungary.hu/news-in-brief/incoming-minister-of-human-resources-says-he-is-determined-to-tackle-the-countrys-demographic-problem/
https://index.hu/tudomany/2018/05/07/az_ellen_nem_ved/
One of the top universities to shut down:http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/hungarian-scientists-are-edge-country-poised-force-out-top-university
- UK: The Daily Express says blackberries prevents skin cancer
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/957097/skin-cancer-symptoms-signs-melanoma-diet-blackberries
00:59:52 Really Wrong
Really Wrong: IKEA claims plants are hurt if verbally bullied
- http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/08/ikea-asks-students-bully-plant-30-days-prove-negativity-can-stop-growth-7529046/
- https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6234065/ikea-asks-students-bully-plant-negativity-stop-growth/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx6UgfQreYY&feature=youtu.be
01:08:44 Quote
“Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.”
/Lise Meitner – Austrian-Swedish physicist/
01:09:23 Outro
01:10:39 Out-takes