TheESP – Ep. #480 – People Are the Worst

Viktor Orbán is coming down hard on free speech and Romania seems to (maybe) avoid chaos after their second attempt on presidential elections. In TWISH we get into classical skepticism and have a look at the Plauen UFO incident. Then it’s time for the news, with a little bit of Word of the Week:INTERNATIONAL: Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequencesEU: Petition against conversion therapy meets threshold!INTERNATIONAL: Retraction Watch inquiry results in Elsevier removing a whole journal from ScopusGERMANY: Research identifying subgroups of homeopathy users based on their attitudes towards scienceNORWAY: Putin’s billionaire funds new political partyEU: TikTok in trouble with the European Commission for not adhering to Digital Services ActIRELAND: Psychics are repeatedly insisting on ‘helping’ the policeUK / INTERNATIONAL: The largest ever profiling effort of susceptibility to misinformationElon Musk gets his second Really Wrong Award after his AI machine Grok goes both racist conspiracy theorist and antisemitic last week.Enjoy!Segments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:50 Greetings0:16:07 TWISH0:24:06 News0:51:09 Word of the Week1:01:10 Really Wrong1:05:47 Quote1:07:48 Outro1:09:11 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.