TheESP – Ep. #438 – Science and fairytales

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP

The three of us are (sort of) together again, so after a the customary greetings, András joins us with Adrienne Hill all the way from Canada (Sparky studios?!) for a prerecorded chat. In TWISH we hear about how Adolf Hitler secured his position as Führer, which is scary since the tactics of modern would-be-dictators have not changed that much. Then we take a look at the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: Science and fairytales
• FRANCE: BS and pseudoscience at the Olympics
• INTERNATIONAL: Long term use of multivitamins has no effect on mortality

A Swedish clinic calls itself Infertility Aid and promises 90% success rate for people who struggle with getting pregnant. Their “methods” are based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), all of which is obvious bogus and superstition. For that they are deservedly receive this week’s award for being Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

Link: https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-438.html

Segments:

0:00:26 Intro

0:00:52 Greetings

0:05:19 Interview

0:16:52 TWISH

0:25:55 News

0:44:48 Really Wrong

0:53:50 Quote

0:56:43 Outro

0:57:58 Outtakes

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