This week we notice the new I am Greta movie strangely so far is only in theaters and not online. Covid number are going up, especially in Germany where conspiracy theories are growing, but the German speaking community can celebrate that former GWUP Science Council member Dr. Krista Federspiel has been awarded the Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst or the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art. A special call goes out for everyone who can support to SKEPP who needs to defend two of their members who have been sued by a multimillionaire (see Ep #243).
We’re happy to hear that Pontus is making progress with his sci-fi novel and then we dive into the news:
- World Doctors’ Alliance – WTF
- Guy claims he can cure COVID with homeopathy
- Is banning content the way to go? Facebook and Youtube
- Fitness influencer dies after having denied COVID existed
- Orban wants to raise children as ‘Homo christianus’
- Editors refuse to retract intelligent design paper
- The Debunking Handbook 2020 edition
Enjoy!
Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes
Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe
0:01:20 INTRO
0:01:46 GREETINGS
- THE DOOMA: Pontus is making progress with his sci-fi novel
- Baskerville: https://bockman.se/
- I AM GRETA: The ‘I am Greta’ movie now in theatres
- COVID: Covid numbers are rising in Germany, but there are also some good news
- BELGIAN SKEPTICS SUED: Fundraiser – Belgian skeptics in need of financial help
0:09:48 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
- Born this week in 1882: The iconic vampire actor, Bela Lugosi. Also, there are real vampires!
- Bela Lugosi (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi
- HPD: https://hpd.de/artikel/real-life-vamyre-blut-tut-gut-17384
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQJ5QxPDdc
- Satanic Ritual Abuse (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse
0:19:48 NEWS
- INTERNATIONAL: World Doctors’ Alliance – WTF
- World Doctors Alliance: https://worlddoctorsalliance.com
- ACU: https://acu2020.org/english-versions/
- Brittish Medical Journal: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m2714.full.pdf
- McGill: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience/psychiatrist-who-calmly-denies-reality
- GERMANY: Guy claims he can cure COVID with homeopathy
- INTERNATIONAL: Is banning content the way to go? Facebook and Youtube
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/12/facebook-to-ban-content-that-denies-or-distorts-the-holocaust
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/13/facebook-vaccine-ads-ban
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/14/facebook-greatest-source-of-covid-19-disinformation-journalists-say
- Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/without-methodology-or-transparency-facebook-and-twitter-become-the-arbiters-of-the-truth/
- Baybars Örsek (Twitter): https://twitter.com/baybarsorsek/status/1316428887375712259
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/14/youtube-bans-misinformation-about-covid-vaccinations
- UKRAINE: Fitness influencer dies after having denied COVID existed
- HUNGARY: Orban wants to raise children as ‘Homo christianus’
- SCANDINAVIA: Editors refuse to retract intelligent design paper
- INTERNATIONAL: The Debunking Handbook 2020 edition
- Climate Change Communication: https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/debunking-handbook-2020/
- Skeptical Science: https://www.skepticalscience.com/Debunking-Handbook-now-freely-available-download.html
0:45:04 REALLY RIGHT
- Manifesto against pseudotherapies
0:55:08 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
“The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.”
/ Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895), English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. Also known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” /
0:56:41 OUTRO
0:57:56 OUT-TAKES
I saw the video. After a few “doctors”, most of them Naturopaths, say that there is no COVID-19, one “expert” says that it is caused by 5G transmissions. How can something that doesn’t exist be caused by 5G? Oh! actually that does make sense. 5G causes nothing. But it doesn’t say anything about COVID-19.