TheESP – Ep. #505 – Tough Times for the Beeb

James Watson died, and brilliant as his contribution to science was, he also had some very problematic views on race and women. The Church of Scientology seems to be in decline even if they try their best to deny it, claiming huge (but questionable) numbers on their recent big conference. We are happily surprised to see a very nice article about ourselves in the Skeptical Inquirer (thanks Susan!) and in TWISH we hear about the founding of the Pasteur Institute and what an impact it has had on science. Then, let’s look at the news:

• UK: TikTok trend makes men seek unnecessary testosterone treatments
• UK: The BBC crisis
• INTERNATIONAL: Paracetamol revisited – still not linked to autism
• FRANCE: Climate disinformation goes mainstream
• INTERNATIONAL: Trolls and narcissism

Watch out for ‘Black Fraud Day’ whose many scammers get this week’s prize for being Really Wrong.

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-505.html

Enjoy!

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:52 Greetings

0:15:16 TWISH

0:23:11 News

0:52:10 Really Wrong

0:57:37 Quote

1:01:11 Outro

1:02:33 Outtakes

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