TheESP – Ep. #321 – Huygens!

Zelensky is not Soros’ cousin

We remind you again to sign up for the European Skeptics Congress! It’s going to be great!

In other news, Darwin’s iconic ‘evolution as a tree’-notebook has been mysteriously returned which is good news in a pink bag. Our notes on conversion therapy last week got some terfs really upset on Twitter, but of course they get it all wrong. For TWISH we celebrate the birth of Christiaan Huygens, a true spirit of the enlightenment already in the 17th century. No poking this week, so we then dive into the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: Homeopathy Awareness Week
• UKRAINE: Zelensky not related to Soros
• INTERNATIONAL: Pinterest to ban climate misinformation
• UK: Anglo-European College of Chiropractic offering MSc course

To round off, the charity organisation ‘Thinking Autism’ promotes CEASE therapy and anti-vaxx nonsense and so they get his week’s Really Wrong award.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;
 
0:00:26 INTRO

0:00:51 GREETINGS

• ECSO: Sign up for the European Skeptics Congress!
  • ECSO: https://www.ecso.org/esc2022/
• Evolution: Darwin’s notebooks mysteriously re-appear in Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/TreeOfLife
• Conversion therapy: Fight over the ban on conversion therapy on Twitter

0:10:34 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 14 April 1629: Birthday of Christiaan Huygens
  • ESA: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/Christiaan_Huygens_Discoverer_of_Titan
• Planets of the Solar System prepare to line up
  • Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-planetary-alignment-is-about-to-happen-here-s-how-to-see-it

0:17:41 NEWS

• INTERNATIONAL: Homeopathy Awareness Week
  • How does homeopathy work: https://www.howdoeshomeopathywork.com/
• UKRAINE: Zelensky not related to Soros
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-zelenskyy-and-soros-cousins/
• INTERNATIONAL: Pinterest to ban climate misinformation
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/06/pinterest-announces-ban-on-all-climate-misinformation
• UK: Anglo-European College of Chiropractic offering MSc course
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2022/04/the-aecc-now-offers-a-master-of-science-in-musculoskeletal-paediatric-health/

0:35:22 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Thinking Autism: Autism charity promotes CEASE therapy and their chief spreads anti-vaccine nonsense
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/09/autism-charity-chief-has-links-to-anti-vaccine-movement

0:41:06 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment.”
/ Christiaan Huygens (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695), Dutch mathematician, physicist, astronomer and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and a major figure in the scientific revolution. /

0:43:04 OUTRO

0:44:19 OUT-TAKES