By the time this episode comes out, Sweden hopefully has its third and latest astronaut in space! Marcus Wandt is schedule for launch on Wednesday, (nope) Thursday evening, European time. For a little more down-to-Earth skeptical fun, sign up for the European Skeptics Congress, 30 May – 2 June, in Lyon, France. Registrations are now open! No TWISH today in this slightly shorter than usual episode, but we still take a look at the news:
- SWEDEN: Family awarded damages for covid vaccine death
- INTERNATIONAL: RETRACTIONS 1: Studies claiming Islamic practices protect against disease and sexual harassment retracted
- INTERNATIONAL / FRANCE: RETRACTIONS 2: Several studies by Didier Raoult has been retracted for ethics violations
Karl Lauterbach, the German Health Minister, seems finally to ramp up for withdrawing homeopathy from state funded health care, and for that he is Really Right!
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:52 GREETINGS
- Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt on his way to ISS!
- Skeptics in the pub Cologne on February 1st
- SITP Cologne: https://wonderl.ink/@sitpkoeln
0:07:45 NEWS
- SWEDEN: Family awarded damages for covid vaccine death
- INTERNATIONAL: RETRACTIONS 1: Studies claiming Islamic practices protect against disease and sexual harassment retracted
- INTERNATIONAL / FRANCE: RETRACTIONS 2: Several studies by Didier Raoult has been retracted for ethics violations
0:22:17 REALLY RIGHT
- Really Right: Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbach wants to abolish funding of homeopathy
0:25:53 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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The claim that there is a fundamental contradiction between being a rational, thinking person and having strong emotions is both wrong and dangerous.”
/ Åsa Wikforss (25 July 1964 – ), Swedish professor of theoretical philosophy at Stockholm University, and a member of both the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences AND the Swedish Academy /
0:28:28 OUTRO
0:29:43 OUT-TAKES