The ESP – Ep. #361 – Unite behind the science!

… and nobody puts Greta in the corner!

We start this week by commemorating Harriet Hall AKA “The SkepDoc” and talk about what a great loss her passing is for the international skeptic movement.
On TWISH András talks about the London Institution, a major body for the public understanding of science in the 19th century, then with the Pope remaining un-poked this week, we are turning over to the news:

• UK: The charity British False Memory Society was going to close down, but seems like it’s here to stay
• HUNGARY / CANADA: Hungarian Canadian physician Gábor Máté is victim blaming, saying cancer is a result of oppressed memories and not standing up for yourself
• GERMANY: Police arrest demonstrators in Lützerath including Greta Thunberg, use unneccesarily violence and is helped by energy giant RWE

This week’s Really Wrong Price goes to Tory MP Andrew Bridgen who got expelled from the party for likening covid vaccinations to the Holocaust.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro

0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:51 GREETINGS

• in Memoriam: Harriet Hall AKA “The SkepDoc”
  • Steven Novella on Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/in-memoriam-dr-harriet-hall/

0:05:37 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 21 January 1807: The London Institution gets Royal Charter
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Institution

0:8:59 NEWS

• UK: The charity British False Memory Society was going to close down, but seems like it’s here to stay 
  • The Skeptic: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/01/after-30-years-the-british-false-memory-society-is-not-set-to-close/
• HUNGARY: Hungarian-Canadian physician and author Gábor Máté spreads his dubious claims regarding cancer and autoimmune disease allegedly caused by childhood trauma and oppressed memories
  • https://drgabormate.com/book/when-the-body-says-no/when-the-body-says-no-chapter-one/
  • https://medika.life/gabor-mates-bizarre-ideas-on-connections-between-stress-and-disease/
• GERMANY: Police arrest demonstrators in Lützerath including Greta Thunberg, use unneccesarily violence and is helped by energy giant RWE
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64285787
  • https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/luetzerath-demo-polizei-gewalt-100.html

0:22:49 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, who was expelled from party for comparing COVID vaccinations to Holocaust 
  • The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/11/tory-mp-andrew-bridgen-loses-whip-over-covid-vaccine-comments

0:26:05 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“You must unite behind the science. You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up can never ever be an option.”
/Greta Thunberg in front of the US Congress, Washington DC, 17 September 2019/

0:27:39 OUTRO