TheESP – Ep. #373 – We don’t know, but that’s fine

…but we do know that hyper-electrosensitivity is not a thing
In TWISH we hear about a Finnish UFO sighting and later Pope Francis get to answer some very tough questions in a new documentary. In the news this week we have:

• SWEDEN: Five years after saying it won’t retract Macchiarini paper, journal finally does so
• INTERNATIONAL: So, lab leak theory down the drain?
• AI: Bing easily tricked to repeat neo-Nazi talking points as if they were facts
• IRELAND: New research focusing on reducing belief in conspiracy theory
• SWEDEN: Researchers pessimistic about reaching climate goals

Two German cities go all pseudoscience and switch off their WLAN to “protect the citizens” and for this they are Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

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

0:00:50 GREETINGS

• Send in your contributions for “Word of the Week” and “Who’s Quacking?”!
  • theESP: mailto: info@theesp.eu

0:05:42 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 12 April 1969: Finnish Air Force UFO sighting
  • YLE: https://yle.fi/a/3-5971507

0:10:25 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Documentary called “The Pope: Answers”
  • T-Online: https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_100156894/papst-franziskus-sex-ist-eine-wunderschoene-sache-.html

0:15:19 NEWS

• SWEDEN: Five years after saying it won’t retract Macchiarini paper, journal finally does so
  • Retraction Watch: https://retractionwatch.com/2023/04/05/five-years-after-saying-it-wont-retract-macchiarini-paper-journal-does-so/
• INTERNATIONAL: So, lab leak theory down the drain?
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65204169
• AI: Bing easily tricked to repeat neo-Nazi talking points as if they were facts
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/kultur/linus-larsson-plotsligt-later-microsofts-ai-chatt-nazistisk/
• IRELAND: New research focusing on reducing belief in conspiracy theory
  • Plos One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280902
• SWEDEN: Researchers pessimistic about reaching climate goals
  • Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230406075654.htm

0:36:16 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: The two German cities of Wangen and Ravensburg turn off public wi-fi at night because of “electro-hypersensitivity”
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/04/kein-aprilscherz-zwei-staedte-schalten-nachts-das-wlan-ab-wegen-elektrosensibilitaet/

0:42:33 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“We have gone a long way towards solving a problem when we are able to formulate it.”
/ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955), French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. /

0:44:25 OUTRO

0:45:40 OUT-TAKES