Not even June and people are already dying from heatwave in Europe. Skepkon 2026 in Regensburg looks to have been a hit and speaking of conferences – don’t forget to plan your trip to ESC Liverpool in October! In TWISH we hear about the man behind the Watchmaker analogy and then it’s time for the news:
- NORWAY / SWEDEN: Assisted death pushed too far
- UK: Wellness coach dies of frog poison
- INTERNATIONAL: Smart phones are promoting populism
- GERMANY: Historical cryptozoological find has been elegantly debunked
A bunch of AI LLMs mislead voters before the Scottish election this month, and for that they share the Award for being Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:50 GREETINGS
- Heatwave in Europe
- SkepKon 2026 – how was it, guys?
- ESC Liverpool!
- ESC Liverpool: https://escliverpool.org/
0:08:36 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 25 May 1805: Death of William Paley (of the Watchmaker analogy fame)
0:20:26 NEWS
- NORWAY / SWEDEN: Assisted death pushed too far
- UK: Wellness coach dies of frog poison
- INTERNATIONAL: Smart phones are promoting populism
- GERMANY: Historical cryptozoological find has been elegantly debunked
- Netzwerk Kryptozoologie: https://netzwerk-kryptozoologie.de/neues-vom-tierschaedel-von-linum/
0:39:06 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: Electoral Hallucinations – AI spread misinformation before Scottish election
0:43:13 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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Our subjective judgment of what seems like a good bet is irrelevant to what is actually a good bet.”
/ Richard Dawkins (26 March 1941 – ), British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. /
0:44:48 OUTRO
0:46:11 OUT-TAKES