TheESP – Ep. #414 – The Curse of King Tut

Luna sits in for András(!) and we talk about conspiracy theories regarding the earthquake in Turkey last year, a new study about peoples worldview and in TWISH we get into the curse of Tutankhamun – what really was going on? Then we have a look at the news:

• UK: Sexual harassment anyone? Chiropractic council is there for chiropractors, not for patients
• EU: EU won’t use dental amalgam anymore
• EU: EU parliament votes to ease regulation of gene edited crops
• GERMANY: Tiktok proves harmful again
• INTERNATIONAL: Paper rejected for using ChatGPT – author says it’s not true, and what if it was?

The German Federal Ministry is funding the SCAM institute ARCIM and for that they are Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:53 GREETINGS

• Serdar’s piece on the Turkish earthquake is out
  • Skeptik UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/02/earthquake-conspiracy-theories-flourished-in-the-wake-of-last-years-disaster-in-turkey/
• Study about worldview
  • Worldview Study: http://tinyurl.com/worldviewssurvey2024

0:05:01 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 16 February 1923: The opening of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber and the curse of the mummy
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_pharaohs
  • Skeptoid: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4106

0:14:06 NEWS

• UK: Sexual harassment anyone? Chiropractic council is there for chiropractors, not for patients
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2024/02/the-uk-general-chiropractic-council-yet-again-protects-the-chiro-rather-than-the-patient/
• EU: EU won’t use dental amalgam anymore
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2024/02/the-eu-will-phase-out-the-use-of-dental-amalgam/
• EU: EU parliament votes to ease regulation of gene edited crops
  • Science Mag: https://www.science.org/content/article/european-parliament-votes-ease-regulation-gene-edited-crops
• GERMANY: Tiktok proves harmful again
  • Bildungsstätte Anne Frank: https://www.bs-anne-frank.de/mediathek/publikationen/die-tiktok-intifada-der-7-oktober-die-folgen-im-netz
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2024/02/12/wach-endlich-auf-tiktok-videos-erklaeren-uns-die-welt-rezo-hat-sich-durchgeklickt/
• INTERNATIONAL: Paper rejected for using ChatGPT – author says it’s not true, and what if it was?
  • Nature Mag: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00349-5

0:38:20 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: German federal ministry for funding the ARCIM institute
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2024/02/the-arcim-institute-a-few-unconfortable-questions/

0:40:31 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”
/ John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704), English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. /

0:42:08 OUTRO

0:43:23 OUT-TAKES