TheESP – Ep. #430 – Patron saint of the internet

Pontus comes back from the European Skeptics Congress with a new title, applications to talk at Skepticamp QED is now open and Evidence Week is postponed by UK elections. In TWISH we hear about James Hutton, the father of modern geology, and then it is time to check out the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: The Catholic church’s first ‘millennial saint’
• INTERNATIONAL: Edzard Ernst did it again
• INTERNATIONAL: ‘Foolproof’ gives us vaccination without needles
• INTERNATIONAL: Fact Brief by Skeptical Science – Have climate models estimated warming correctly?

The country of Georgia is going full Putin with the new law targeting the LGBTQ community and for that they receive this week’s award for being Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

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

0:00:52 GREETINGS

• Congratulations, Pontus!
  • ECSO: https://www.ecso.org/about-us/
• SkeptiCamp Manchester 2024 – Now open for applications!
  • SITP: https://sitp.online/skepticamp/
• Evidence week postponed because of UK elections
  • Sense About Science: https://senseaboutscience.org/evidence-week/

0:13:17 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 3 June 1726: James Hutton, “the father of modern geology”, was born this day
  • Edinburgh Geological Society: https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/edinburghs-geology/geological-pioneers/james-hutton/

0:26:32 NEWS

• INTERNATIONAL: The Catholic church’s first ‘millennial saint’
  • Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-saints-decrees-miracle-acutis-allamano.html
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/carlo-acutis-what-the-first-millennial-saint-says-about-the-catholic-churchs-future-231086
• INTERNATIONAL: Edzard Ernst did it again
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2024/05/my-new-book-bizarre-medical-ideas-and-the-strange-men-who-invented-them/
  • Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bizarre-Medical-Ideas-Strange-Invented/dp/303155101X/
• INTERNATIONAL: ‘Foolproof’ gives us vaccination without needles
  • The Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/06/immunity-to-fake-news-foolproof-gives-us-vaccination-without-needles/
• INTERNATIONAL: Fact Brief by Skeptical Science – Have climate models estimated warming correctly?
  • Skeptical Science: https://skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-model.html

0:42:01 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Georgia To Advance Russian-style ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Legislation
  • Barrons: https://www.barrons.com/news/georgia-to-advance-russian-style-lgbt-propaganda-legislation-3d2d4a33

0:45:54 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.”
/ James Hutton (3 June 1726 O.S. – 26 March 1797), Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. /

0:48:32 OUTRO

0:49:47 OUT-TAKES