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Ep. #451 – Dr Flint Dibble & more!
We tried capturing the marvelous feeling of meeting fantastic people @QEDcon: meet the people behind @SITP: @CBellenis, @igstroev & @davideglass, leaders of @ComceptOrg: @diraquel & @JFLMonteiro & your go-to #ghost investigator @Hayleystevens!
Plus, we also have a longer interview w the winner of this year’s #Ockham Award, Dr @FlintDibble!
Enjoy!
#QEDcon #SkeptiCamp #Manchester #skepticism #pseudoarchaeology
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The European Skeptics Podcast retweeted
Elon Musk beats Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett to Rusty Razor pseudoscience award
Twitter owner Elon Musk has beaten Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett to the Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of 2024
skeptic.org.uk/2024/10/elon-…
Congratulations to @elonmusk on getting this year’s #RustyRazor award at @QEDcon for spreading the most dangerous #misinformation & #pseudoscience!
It’s #QEDcon time, everyone!
Have you made your choices yet?
Such a line-up. It’ll be a fun weekend of #science & #skepticism. Don’t forget we have the live recording of our 450th episode today! Come join us at 11:10 in the Senate Suite on 2nd floor!
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Though we’re in complete #QEDcon mode now, we have ep #449 for U2 listen to over the weekend. If you’re also here @QEDcon, you’re excused for putting it off for now 😉, but then why don’t you come & join our live recording tomorrow at 11:10!
Enjoy!
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EP#448 - SUSAN GERBIC
This week @skepman interviews the “Fairy Godmother” of the show, leader of the About Time Project & Guerrilla #Skepticism on #Wikipedia (@GSoW_team), @SusanGerbic. We talk Mark Edward’s legacy, exposing psychics & how to start a #SkeptiCamp in your area.
Ep. #443 – Scammers in the Moonlight
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TWISH: August Kekulé, the French chemist who redefined his discipline.
NEWS:
- Real vs. fake #Tarot readers on social media
- #ImaneKhelif files lawsuit over cyber-harassment, names #JKRowling & #ElonMusk
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- #Climate communication works!
- #Turinshroud reloaded
The Really Wrong Award goes to Fleur Agema, Dutch Minister of Health and Deputy Prime Minister, who refuses to donate #vaccines against #mpox. We also have a Word of the Week in both Lithuanian and Russian.
Enjoy!
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Ep. #442 – Algimantas Kvecys
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We start the ep with last week’s TWISH about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, adding a bit more details.
Then we have a great chat with Algimantas Kvecys chair of @SDraugija68278 (Society of Lithuanian Skeptics.)
Enjoy!
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TheESP – Ep. #441 – Choose Your Parents Wisely
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@QEDcon is getting closer & you can volunteer to help creating the skeptical event of the year, while making new friends.
Also, find out what part of a blue #supermoon” is nonsense & what is real astronomy…
The NEWS Part 2:
INTL: Pointless vitamin infusions on the rise while there is a worldwide shortage of IV fluids
UK: Humour is allowed to be factual or wrong, but shouldn’t hurt people
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If you’re thinking about donating to the #QEDcon fund, or have already done so, you get to share this week’s Really Right Award.
You will have helped getting some people to join, who otherwise would not have had the possibility to do so.
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EP.#439 OUT - ‘LEAKEY’ SCIENCE
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We start by remembering Mark Edward, who’s leaving behind a great legacy as a #skeptic, #mentalist, author & investigator of #paranormal claims & exposer of #psychic frauds, sometimes alongside @SusanGerbic. He’ll be missed.
News:
DE: New book about long #COVID & ME/CFS by Natalie Grams
SW: More #fertility nonsense
UK: The role of #misinformation in the riots post #Southport stabbings
UK: Practitioner of ‘slapping therapy’ guilty of manslaughter
INTL: Reducing the number of #AI ‘hallucinations’
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