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This week, we cover the new Covid treatments molnupiravir and paxlovid, and follow up on last week's nuclear power debate.
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Since we discuss them so often on the show, it's really only logical that Matt should formally (and informally) talk about what constitutes a logical fallacy and why they're important. Levi teaches us the ins and outs of figs and the depressing life of some wasps, while Sam breaks the news that bone broth may not be all it's cracked up to.
Logical Fallacies
"Book of Bad Arguments" by Ali Almossawi (Also a book) https://bookofbadarguments.com/
"Logically Fallacious" by Bo Bennett (Also a book) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/
Other Notes
"Drinking Bone Broth - Is it Beneficial or Just a Fad?" by Conor Kerley https://nutritionstudies.org/drinking-bone-broth-is-it-beneficial-or-just-a-fad/
The irony of posting this episode on various forms of social media is not lost on us as Sam takes us through the dangers (or benefits) of using what has become a ubiquitous part of modern life. Levi also gives us a lesson in critical thinking and the perils of not questioning one's hypotheses and Matt has a big ol' rant about the Covid situation in New South Wales.
Social Media
Daily social media usage worldwide | Statista
The 2021 Social Media Users Demographics Guide | Khoros
Average Time Spent Daily on Social Media (Latest 2020 Data) - BroadbandSearch
Webster, D., Dunne, L. and Hunter, R., 2020. Association Between Social Networks and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Youth & Society, 53(2), pp.175-210.
Brunborg, G. and Burdzovic Andreas, J., 2019. Increase in time spent on social media is associated with modest increase in depression, conduct problems, and episodic heavy drinking. Journal of Adolescence, 74, pp.201-209.
Barry, C., Sidoti, C., Briggs, S., Reiter, S. and Lindsey, R., 2017. Adolescent social media use and mental health from adolescent and parent perspectives. Journal of Adolescence, 61, pp.1-11.
Richards, D., Caldwell, P. and Go, H., 2015. Impact of social media on the health of children and young people. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(12), pp.1152-1157.
Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. and Pignatiello, A., 2020. Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 192(6), pp.E136-E141.
Other notes
"The Most Common Cognitive Bias" by Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKA4w2O61Xo
In a slightly delayed, but no less exciting instalment of IdioFacto, Levi takes a deep dive into SCUBA (Super Cool Underwater Bois of Australia) to let us know just how many interesting ways there are to die underwater, while Sam talks through why Ivermectin for COVID-19 is a fancy kind of snake oil. Matt will tell us more about how Santa Claus is politically incorrect and everyone will have a swimmingly good time.
Ivermectin "Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine" by Scott Gavura https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-is-the-new-hydroxychloroquine/
"Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 2" by David Gorski https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-is-the-new-hydroxychloroquine-take-2/
"Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 3" by David Gorski https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-is-the-new-hydroxychloroquine-take-3-conspiracy-theories-vs-science/
Other notes "Santa’s ‘Ho Ho Ho’ Changed to ‘Ha Ha Ha’" at Snopes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/heave-ho-ho-ho/
After we failed to release an episode last week, it may have been your reflex to assume we were on an indefinite hiatus again. But we managed to massage our schedules enough to make the most of our recording time and here it is!
Reflexology "Reflexology: Panacea or placebo" from The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/reflexology-panacea-or-placebo-10527
"Modern Reflexology: Still as bogus as pre-modern reflexology" from Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/modern-reflexology-still-as-bogus-as-pre-modern-reflexology/
"Revisiting reflexology: Concept, evidence, current practice and practitioner training" from Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624523/
"Reflexology: an update of a systematic review of randomised clinical trials" from Maturitas: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21111551/
"Reflexology in the management of low back pain: a pilot randomised controlled trial" from Complementary Therapies in Medicine: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18346622/
eJTCM Peer Review Standards: https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/ejtcm-peer-review.pdf
Other links
Wholesome Doctor post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRJJYmKnyt7/?utm_medium=share_sheet
"Do Ear Candles Work To Remove Earwax? | Ear Candling Proof!" from Doctor Cliff, AuD: https://youtu.be/CQJt1LWH32k
Listeners: we're back. Like, actually for real this time. No, like... Really. For true. Sam made us promise.
Enjoy this little taster of what's to come this season. Laughs, nonsense and occasionally some science-based ridiculousness.
We talk all things drinking and hangovers (the science behind it of course) as well as solve the mystery of the Bermuda triangle, and get an insight into the stages of clinical trials.
Tune in this week as we learn the ins and outs of diabetes as well as blue light glasses, full moon emergency room admissions, and the appeal to antiquity
What are Jellyfish anyway?? How do they eat and move around? How do they reproduce? Are they animals? Plants? Fungi? Or somewhere in the middle? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in our latest release.
Sam's (Incredibly Comprehensive) show notes for Arthritis
Arthritis and weather Jena, A., Olenski, A., Molitor, D. and Miller, N., 2017. Association between rainfall and diagnoses of joint or back pain: retrospective claims analysis. BMJ, [online] p.j5326. Available at: https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5326.
Robert H. Shmerling, M., 2020. Does Weather Affect Arthritis Pain? - Harvard Health Blog. [online] Harvard Health Blog. Available at: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/does-weather-affect- arthritis-pain-2019011715789 [Accessed 16 August 2020].
Savage, E., McCormick, D., McDonald, S., Moore, O., Stevenson, M. and Cairns, A., 2014. Does rheumatoid arthritis disease activity correlate with weather conditions?. Rheumatology International, [online] 35(5), pp.887-890. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25342437/.
Steffens, D., Maher, C., Li, Q., Ferreira, M., Pereira, L., Koes, B. and Latimer, J., 2014. Effect of Weather on Back Pain: Results From a Case-Crossover Study. Arthritis Care & Research, [online] 66(12), pp.1867-1872. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acr.22378.
Timmermans, E., Schaap, L., Herbolsheimer, F., Dennison, E., Maggi, S., Pedersen, N., Castell, M., Denkinger, M., Edwards, M., Limongi, F., Sánchez-Martínez, M., Siviero, P., Queipo, R., Peter, R., van der Pas, S. and Deeg, D., 2015. The Influence of Weather Conditions on Joint Pain in Older People with Osteoarthritis: Results from the European Project on OSteoArthritis. The Journal of Rheumatology, [online] 42(10), pp.1885-1892. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26329341/.
Verges, J., Montell, E., Tomas, E., Cumelles, G., Castaneda, G., Marti, N. and Moller, I., 2004. Weather conditions can influence rheumatic diseases. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, [online] 2005(Issue 4). Available at: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/central/doi/10.1002/central/CN- 00516926/full?highlightAbstract=weather%7Carthriti%7Caffecting%7Carthritis%7Caffect [Accessed 16 August 2020].
Living With Arthritis. 2020. Weather And Arthritis Pain - Living With Arthritis. [online] Available at: http://blog.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/weather-arthritis-pain/ [Accessed 16 August 2020].
BONUS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGog0Jo26iQ
This week we shine a light on solar power as well as discuss smart device "listening", scientific article retractions, and we get introduced to Willem Johan Kolff
Explanatory Youtube video on solar panels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ8XW9AgUrw
Diagram showing solar array make-up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel#/media/File:From_a_solar_cell_to_a_PV_system.svg
Scientific article retraction - https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/23/author-retracts-nature-commentary-over-concerns-about-sections-sponsorship/
Dirty Loops - Rock You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYc5zrXC52k
The Thing Explainer - https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/
The Glass Animals - Dreamland - ............just look it up on spotify?
Here it is, our season 2 wrap up with our biggest news yet!
As promised, here are the links in the show notes
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This week Matt walks us through the frequently discussed Placebo effect and Levi debunks detox diets.
PLACEBO EFFECT
“Placebo effect studies are susceptible to response bias and to other types of biases”-JCE https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(11)00049-7/fulltext
“Is the Placebo powerless?”-New England JoMed https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105243442106
“A Comprehensive Review of the Placebo Effect”-Annual Review of Psychology
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.psych.59.113006.095941
“Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions”-Cochrane Library
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003974.pub3/full?highlightAbstract=placeb%7Cplacebo%7Ceffect
“Howard Fields, MD, PhD, The Placebo Effect Part 1: Defining the Placebo Response” video
https://youtu.be/oWPtIR-0Q_A
“Bad Science”-Dr Ben Goldacre https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165-bad-science
“Bad Pharma”-Dr Ben Goldacre
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15795155-bad-pharma
DETOX DIETS
Detox diets for toxin elimination and weight management: a critical review of the evidence
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jhn.12286
How Does the liver work?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279393/
The Truth about toxins
https://www.rush.edu/health-wellness/discover-health/truth-about-toxins
7-day detox; a Naturopath approved plan
https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/diet/diets/the-7day-detox-plan/news-story/cfb1850be6010553eba661bb9cbcb938
Do Detox Diets Work?
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/detox-diets-101
This episode is all about sound! Levi runs us through pitch, frequencies, and tones and Matt talks about the benefits (or lack thereof) of Audio Therapy
We promised we would out some links to our favourite songs in the show notes so here they are:
Tool - Pneuma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ClCaPmAA7s
Evanesence - Good Enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw2Ic_2XdVQ
Karnivool - Deadman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLEYQo98t0
MUSIC
Various helpful cheat sheets and wiki pages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signature#Major_scale_structure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation#Table_of_note_frequencies
AUDIO THERAPY
Science-Based Medicine article https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/audio-therapy-for-postoperative-pediatric-pain-randomized-controlled-nonsense/
Pediatric Surgery International article
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00383-014-3649-9
Linguistic Wave Genetics article
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1004.5664&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Regenerating a Dog’s Tooth with Wave Genetics https://medcraveonline.com/JSRT/attempt-to-regenerate-the-dog39s-tooth-using-the-method-of-a-new-direction-in-biology-linguistic-wave-genetics.html
“Correction of the Immune System” Matrix https://wavegenetics.org/en/korrektsiya-immunnoy-sistemyi/
Institute of Linguistic Wave Genetics https://wavegenetics.org/
The great 440Hz conspiracy article https://globalnews.ca/news/4194106/440-hz-conspiracy-music/
Wave Genome RA Shield for Covid-19 http://wavegenome.com/ra_shield.html?fbclid=IwAR2qZ5mvALho1BYahTjW7jP-obrmz6dpW2spPczLrkL6PkYzHF97GNXwD4U
Open Letter from Peter Gariaev http://www.fractal.org/Life-Science-Technology/Peter-Gariaev.htm
What on earth are we talking about this week? That's right, its an earth related episode. Levi discusses plate tectonics while Matt (un)educates us on the archaic beliefs of flat earthers.
PLATE TECTONICS
Mid-Atlantic ridge
https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/504/
Brainpop video on plate tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2-Vc4PIOY
Kurzgesagt video including info on plate tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGXi_9A__Vc&t=112s
GDA 2020
https://spotlight.unavco.org/how-gps-works/gps-and-tectonics/gps-and-tectonics.html
FLAT EARTH
Live Science article https://www.livescience.com/24310-flat-earth-belief.html
Uni of Melbourne article https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/why-do-some-people-believe-the-earth-is-flat
Scientific American article https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/yes-flat-earthers-really-do-exist/
Professor Dave Explains video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDy95_eNPzM
Professor Dave Explains video 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHqBy92iGM
Today I Found Out video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4l9Y5OHqpk
Do you have TIME to brush your teeth regularly? Are you worried about the fluoride in your toothpaste? How about the fluoride in your drinking water? Wait.....what is time? Is time even real, does anyone know? Maybe time's just a construct of human perception; an illusion created by.....anyway, listen to the episode to find out all the answers these these questions and more.
TIME
Physics.org article http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=77
‘Time Dilation’ newspaper article
https://www.space.com/33411-astronaut-scott-kelly-relativity-twin-brother-ages.html
Ohio State GPS Explanation http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html
Space.com article on Special Relativity https://www.space.com/36273-theory-special-relativity.html
Time Dilation Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuD34tEpRFw
‘Does Time Exist?’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tbVHlsKhs
WATER FLUORIDATION
Story of water fluoridation
https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/fluoride/the-story-of-fluoridation
Healthcare Triage fluoride video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hml1CL0Idk&t=53s
Australian systematic review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18584000
Cochrane Fluoride Toothpaste
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002278/full?highlightAbstract=water%7Cfluorid%7Cfluoridation
Cochrane Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries
https:// https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010856.pub2/full?highlightAbstract=fluoride%7Cfluorid
Book Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride
https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=CMQd6nkX86EC&oi=fnd&pg=PT21&dq=fluoride+health+effects&ots=kwW4zXZ3hB&sig=2edh7tDHg-FbUno0oh9eHrhjCcg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=fluoride%20health%20effects&f=false
The entire world has been plunged into absolute madness. This week, with the help of friend of the show: Dr. Sam Laucirica, we discuss the topic that requires no introduction: COVID-19
SHOWNOTES
Pew Research Report https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/08/nearly-three-in-ten-americans-believe-covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=9a8a1fc2a0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_09_06_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-9a8a1fc2a0-400906701
Proximal Origin of SARS-Cov-2 Article
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
Guardian Article regarding Face Masks https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/should-everyone-be-wearing-face-masks
Article from Australia’s Science Channel regarding Flattening The Curve https://australiascience.tv/we-can-shrink-covid-19-curve-not-just-flatten/
Science-Based Medicine COVID-19 News https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-covid-19-news/
Kurzgesagt Coronavirus video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY
Amoeba sisters Viruses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s
Our first ever VideoFacto is just to give you an update on what we've been up to for the last four months during our protracted hiatus, and get you excited for the resumption of our regular schedule next week. If you'd rather see the video, head over to our Facebook, Instagram or YouTube pages to see our ugly mugs.
As a nice follow-up to last week's GMO episode, Levi explains the process of Clustered Regularly Inter-spaced Short Palindromic Repeats (or CRISPR for short). Matt then runs us through numerology, where he assigns Levi a "name number" that dictates his personality... Or does it?
Show notes for CRISPR
CRISPR Timeline - https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/crispr-timeline
Live Science article on CRISPR - https://www.livescience.com/58790-crispr-explained.html
Gif showing CRISPR CAS9 in action - https://www.livescience.com/60938-a-breathtaking-new-gif-shows-crispr-chewing-up-dna.html
TED Ed video on CRISPR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tw_JVz_IEc
WIRED Video on CRISPR explained in 5 levels of complexity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sweN8d4_MUg
Diagram of CRISPR in action - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR#/media/File:Crispr.png
Song about CRISPR CAS9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk
Show notes for Numerology
Bobby McFerrin video https://youtu.be/Hodp2esSV9E
“Secrets of Numerology”
http://www.2012-spiritual-growth-prophecies.com/numerology-meanings.html
Pythagorean Numerology Name Number Calculator
https://www.dcode.fr/pythagorean-numerology
Jastrow Scientific Monthly Article https://www.dcode.fr/pythagorean-numerology
Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
Schimmel, Annemarie (1993). The Mystery of Numbers. ISBN 0195089197.
Lynne Kelly (2004). The Skeptic's Guide To The Paranormal. ISBN 1-74114-059-5.
This week, Matt explains a topic that we've been meaning to get to for a while, and one that get referenced weekly: The Scientific Method.
Levi then discusses Genetically Modified Organisms; how they work, and then, of course, the hysteria surrounding GMO foods.
Show notes for the Scientific Method
“Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes” - Lakatos http://www.csun.edu/~vcsoc00i/classes/s680f11/Lakatos.pdf
Khan Academy Scientific Method Article
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/a/the-science-of-biology
Khan Academy Scientific Method Video
https://youtu.be/N6IAzlugWw0
Show notes for GMOs
RationalWiki article on Seeds of Death documentary
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Death
“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens
Seeds of Death Youtube documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6OxbpLwEjQ
Kurzgesagt GMO video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TmcXYp8xu4
Neil deGrasse Tyson on GMOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMDhUsxom0U
Firstly, we would like to apologise for Levi's recording quality in the first half of the episode. It's a good reminder that we are amateurs recording this in our bedrooms at home!
With that out of the way, we have put together a very interesting episode this week. Levi ticks off time-keeping devices throughout history, and Matt lets us know what all the buzz is about the new 5G cellular network.
Show notes for Time Keeping Devices
A history of time keeping devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcwOBkghwWA
Informative video on time keeping devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5atF4mKiU
The clock that changed the world - Documentary on John Harrisons Mechanical Clock to claim the longitude prize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-g27KS0yiY
Show notes for 5G
Scientific American article: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/
asut Press Release:
https://e3.marco.ch/publish/sunrise/821_3887/20190327_MM_asut_Faktencheck_5G-EN.pdf
cNet Article:
https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-phones-and-your-health-what-you-need-to-know/
ABC Article: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/what-experts-say-on-the-radiation-safety-of-5g-network/11143020
International Journal of Oncology article:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504984/
Steven Novella article: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/5g-is-coming/
Lorne Trottier article:
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-cell-phones-a-possible-carcinogen-an-update-on-the-iarc-report/
NTP (FDA) Study:
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/topics/cellphones/index.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=prod&utm_campaign=ntpgolinks&utm_term=cellphone
And its press release: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/cell_phone_radiofrequency_radiation_studies_508.pdf
Another FDA study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Evaluation+of+the+genotoxicity+of+cell+phone+radiofrequency+radiation+in+male+and+female+rats+and+mice+following+subchronic+exposure
What are the chances that we would make it to episode 20? We certainly didn't see this in our Tarot Cards.
That's right listeners, in this week's episode Matt takes us through Chance and Probability, while Levi covers Tarot Cards.
SHOW NOTES FOR PROBABILITY
“Jesus Saves” Story
https://www.today.com/health/man-wearing-jesus-saves-race-bib-collapses-t165597
Risk of Death - Florida Museum
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/death/
“Why Our Brains Do Not Intuitively Grasp Probabilities”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-our-brains-do-not-intuitively-grasp-probabilities/
“How Randomness Rules Our World”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-randomness-rules-our-world/
SHOW NOTES FOR TAROT
Itai Ivtzan Paper on Tarot cards
http://www.awarenessisfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TarotCardsPaper1.pdf
Divination with Tarot Cards: An Empirical Study:
https://www.susanblackmore.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JSPR-1983.pdf
Hey listeners, I haven't heard from you in ages! I hope you've been well. It would be so good to catch up and chat about a great new opportunity for you and us! You would basically be your own boss and work your own hours which gives you so much freedom... And the best part about it is that you can employ all your friends and family as reps! Sound like something you might be interested in? Well, listen to this week's episode on Multi-Level Marketing; a collaboration with our sisters over at "Yeah No Yeah!" Check them out wherever you get your Podcasts.
SHOW NOTES FOR MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING
Yeah No Yeah Podcast
https://yeahnopodcast.com/
“Multi-Level Marketing Has a Problem: YouTubers Keep Talking About It” - Molly Kendrick
https://bit.ly/34oexLn
“The Case (for and) Against Multi-level Marketing” FTC Report
https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_comments/trade-regulation-rule-disclosure-requirements-and-prohibitions-concerning-business-opportunities-ftc.r511993-00008%C2%A0/00008-57281.pdf
“Multilevel Marketing” - Last Week Tonight
https://youtu.be/s6MwGeOm8iI
Episode 18 begins with a (not so) brief conversation with friend of the podcast, Dr. Sam Laucirica, about some of the points raised during the previous episode on NCGS. Levi then takes us back to a familiar place with a conversation about homing pigeons and Matt runs Occam's Razor over some of the more popular bigfoot sightings.
SHOW NOTES FOR HOMING PIGEONS
Homing Pigeon Navigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdXkcO6s_dI
Homing Pigeon Interesting Facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A6HN73oIps&t=206s
Homing Pigeon Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdJ5q9cyPmk&t=391s
Plus a bit of good old Wikipedia and associated articles found within
SHOW NOTES FOR BIGFOOT
Jacobs Photos - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO)
http://www.bfro.net/avevid/jacobs/jacobs_photos.asp
Black Bears and Mange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/06/04/black-bears-are-going-bald-it-might-be-even-worse-than-it-looks/
Patterson-Gimlin Film https://youtu.be/-x3__akoM5w
Bigfoot “discovery” confirmed as fake - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/20/usa3
Patterson-Gimlin Film episode of Skeptoid
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4375
Genetic Analysis of Hair Samples - Proc. Royal Soc. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100498/pdf/rspb20140161.pdf
‘If Bigfoot Were Real’ - Scientific American https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/
In IdioFacto 17, Matt takes a look inside MRI and Levi attempts (and struggles) to decode the confusing language around Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity (keep your eyes out for a bonus episode with Dr. Sam Laucirica to discuss this further).
Show notes for MRI
“Introduction to MRI Physics” https://youtu.be/Ok9ILIYzmaY
MRI Sounds https://youtu.be/6Aj2QspPf7s
MRI History
https://www.magnetic-resonance.org/sources/Magnetic%20Resonance%2012th%20edition%202019%20Offprint%20History.pdf
Show notes for NCGS
Coeliac Australia info page https://www.coeliac.org.au/gluten-sensitivity/
Pamela Cureton presentation on NCGS anmd Coeliac Disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_sjiWCdmUg
ABC Gluten Docco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rktpxe9gFfA
United European Gastroenterology Journal Article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406911/
Video featuring Dr. Joseph Murray, M.D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYczEi_l-h0
Welcome to our first real episode back in season 2.
In IdioFacto 16, Levi takes us on a journey that's out of this world and Matt debunks some of the more sensible (but still very silly) conspiracies surrounding the moon landing (spoiler alert: it really happened!)
Show notes for Space Travel
Challenges of leaving space
http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions1/space%20science/challengeoflvnerth.htm
First German space rocket
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4397678/German-rocket-is-1st-to-reach-space--October-3--1942
Laika the Cosmonaught Dog
https://time.com/3546215/laika-1957/
Show notes for the Moon Landing Conspiracy
Film Expert Explanation - The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/moon-landings-footage-would-have-been-impossible-to-fake-a-film-expert-explains-why-118426
Lunar Landing Sites - Express
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1151363/Moon-landing-hoax-NASA-fake-lunar-landing-sites-visible-on-Moon-LRO
Mythbusters Season 6 Episode 3: Moon Landing Hoax
‘I Don’t Believe The Moon Landing Happened’ (Matthew Real interview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zm7LfuDCu8
Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/how-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-began-and-why-they-persist-today-118643
Top Moon Conspiracy Theories - Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/65984-top-moon-conspiracies.html
One Giant Lie - The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked
Matt and Levi chat about nothing in particular and preview Season Two of IdioFacto, which starts October 16, 2019. Apologies for the occasional audio clipping, we have a new setup that we're still getting the hang of.
In the final episode for season 1, Matt employs the help of his brother Michael to educate (and confuse) us about the internet and Levi walks us through the pseudoscience behind glyphosate scaremongering.
Show notes for the Internet
The never ending knowledge of Master Michael McCabe
Show notes for Glyphosate
Glyphosate LD50 http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/dienochlor-glyphosate/glyphosate-ext.html
Comment on IARC report https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wk/cej/2018/00000027/00000001/art00012
Glyphosate Use and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/110/5/509/4590280
IARC Report https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono112-10.pdf
IARC list of carcinogens https://monographs.iarc.fr/list-of-classifications-volumes/?fbclid=IwAR1lP3nzKqbNFqI7oX3Cu8uLyVT61EQHYqlpw1S-Ly0fS8KKeppI6eT1J3M
European Chemicals Agency report https://echa.europa.eu/-/glyphosate-not-classified-as-a-carcinogen-by-echa
This week, Levi takes us on a virtual tour through the ISS and Matt discusses close encounters with Unidentified Flying Objects
SHOW NOTES FOR THE ISS
ISS Live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfcoT_lO80
ISS timeline https://www.issnationallab.org/about/iss-timeline/
Configuration diagram https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/ISS_configuration_2017-06_en.svg
Wikipedia article on all scientific research conducted on the ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station
SHOW NOTES FOR CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE FIRST KIND
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe book is an invaluable primer for all things extraterrestrial, check that out for a crash course in the skeptical bent on UFOs.
Daily Mail article: https://dailym.ai/2K9WOS4
CNET article: https://cnet.co/2pf1itG
CIA Database of UFO Research (Declassified): https://bit.ly/2rRa8jj
This week on IdioFacto, Matt discusses the strange and wonderful class of Cephalopods and Levi gets realistic about Antioxidants.
SHOW NOTES FOR CEPHALOPODS.
Octopus escape: https://youtu.be/949eYdEz3Es
Cuttlefish changing colours: https://youtu.be/K5CZ74ybnbE
Octopus beak and radula: https://youtu.be/Q-jBksy7z8U
Again, I used my Campbell, Reece & Meyers first year biology textbook, Biology for a bunch of information, and a lot of knowledge I had from a great Invertebrate Zoology class I did back in my second year at Uni.
SHOW NOTES FOR ANTIOXIDANTS
Cochrane review on effect of antioxidants on mortality - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007176.pub2/full
Cochrane review on antioxidants vs gastrointestinal cancers - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004183.pub3/full?
Victorian government advice on antioxidants - https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/antioxidants
Australian government health advice on antioxidants - https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/antioxidants
Cancer council warning on beta carotenoids - https://www.cancer.org.au/content/pdf/CancerControlPolicy/PositionStatements/PS_Betacarotene_and_cancer_risk_September_2009.pdf
Viva Glam article on "superfoods" - https://vivaglammagazine.com/antioxidant-foods-you-should-include-in-your-diet-to-stay-healthy-young/
Cochrane review on link between lung cancer in smokers and beta carotene - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002141.pub2/full
Our weather series is over! This week Levi runs you through nuclear energy and Matt pulls apart Simon Sinek's pop psychology.
NUCLEAR POWER
Uranium energy density https://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/f/fuelcomparison.htm
Information on Uranium and nuclear energy http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/introduction/what-is-uranium-how-does-it-work.aspx
Video on Thorium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMuxjHLLk0E
Chemical equations and reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdVK4cqiFs
How uranium becomes nuclear fuel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apODDbgFFPI
SIMON SINEK
Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace: https://youtu.be/hER0Qp6QJNU
Simon Sinek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsinek/
Simon Sinek Biography: https://startwithwhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Simon-Sinek-Bio_April-2019.pdf
Millennials in the Workplace - A Communication Perspective on Millennials’ Organizational Relationships and Performance: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10869-010-9172-7.pdf
Millennials at Work - What We Know and What We Need to Do (If Anything): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-010-9177-2
Psychology Today article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201701/no-dopamine-is-not-addictive
Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelschein/2018/06/13/simon-sinek-is-full-of-fluff-and-other-reasons-you-should-follow-his-lead/#285dfaef5657
Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1037/a0019919?icid=int.sj-abstract.similar-articles.2#articleCitationDownloadContainer
If you haven't listened to IdioFacto 10 or our weather-based IdioFactoid, we recommend you check those out first to give you a good understanding of some of the concepts we discuss in this episode.
Matt and Levi both discuss Climate Change and dispel some of the common myths and arguments from climate change "skeptics" (read: climate change deniers).
Greenhouse Gases https://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/en/climate-campus/climate-system/greenhouse-gases/
Thermohaline Circulation https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ocean-conveyor-belt/
A good general resource for an overview of skeptical climate change arguments: https://skepticalscience.com/
Joel Pett comic: https://www.gocomics.com/joelpett/2009/12/13
“Consensus on consensus” article: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/048002/pdf
“A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 years” in Science: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1198.abstract
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/
Interesting Graphs https://www.co2.earth/co2-ice-core-data
With time running out in a busy weekend, we decided to save our climate change special until we could give it the time it deserves. Enjoy this meteorology-themed Idiofactoid in the meantime.
This week, we start introducing important meteorological concepts before our climate change special next episode.
Matt gives us a run down of the Carbon Cycle and Levi gets an interview with Climatologist Robyn Duell to discuss long range weather forecasting.
Show notes for the Carbon Cycle
Khan Academy video: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-ecology/hs-biogeochemical-cycles/v/carbon-cycle
World Meteorological Organisation: https://youtu.be/E8Y6L5TI_94
Show Notes for Long Range Weather Forecasting
Interview with Robyn Duell - Senior Climatologist, Bureau of Meteorology
In this short instalment of IdioFactoid, Levi clears up the myth behind water down the plug hole and Matt runs us through some Spurious Correlations.
Show notes on DRAINING WATER
Video on draining paddle pool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXaad0rsV38
Show notes on SPURIOUS CORRELATIONS
Spurious Correlations website: http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Inhibitory Spillover Paper: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/282526/3/MO_1007.pdf
This week on IdioFacto, we are joined by our first guest, Dr. Sam Laucirica. Matt takes us through Microwaves and Levi and Dr. Sam discuss dietary supplements.
Show notes for Microwaves
ARPANSA Microwaves Article: https://www.arpansa.gov.au/understanding-radiation/radiation-sources/more-radiation-sources/microwave-ovens
Engineer Guy (Bill Hammack) video: https://youtu.be/kp33ZprO0Ck
Steve Mould CD in Microwave: https://youtu.be/7a_YKVf5Wls
(I highly recommend you subscribe to this channel, Steve Mould is one of the best science communicators going around)
Show notes for Supplements
Cochrane Review: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012345.pub3/full?highlightAbstract=pufa%7Cwithdrawn%7Ccardiovascular
Multivitamins for CVD prevention and treatment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109718345601?via%3Dihub
Royal jelly https://www.vitacost.com/royal-jelly-5
Casimir Funk https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6002
In episode 8 of IdioFacto, Levi guides you through the world of GPS and Matt taste-tests Kombucha in search of the truth.
Show notes for GPS
GPS Clock Rollover https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/06/gps-rollover-is-today-heres-why-devices-might-get-wacky/
GPS explanation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU_pY2sTwTA
Show notes for Kombucha
Dr Axe article: https://draxe.com/7-reasons-drink-kombucha-everyday/
Kombucha: a systematic review of clinical evidence https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK69654/
Healthline article: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/8-benefits-of-kombucha-tea#section7
Coffee, Decaf Coffee and Tea Diabetes article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/773949
Bacteria in Kombucha article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24290641
Probiotics systematic review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23981066
Cochrane Review 2009 (Cancer): https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005004.pub2/full?highlightAbstract=withdrawn%7Ctea%7Cgreen
Cochrane Review 2012 (Weight Loss): https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008650.pub2/media/CDSR/CD008650/CD008650_standard.pdf
Cochrane Review 2013 (CVD): https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009934.pub2/abstract
This week, Matt walks us through the biological classification system and Levi discusses Astrology.
Show notes for BIOLOGICAL KINGDOMS
‘A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418965/pdf/pone.0119248.pdf
‘Sponges: Oldest Creatures in the Sea?’
https://youtu.be/ykKd8jsCREQ
‘Finding The Coelocanth’
https://youtu.be/4jl_txxYQEA
Lungfish - ‘Underground Survivalist Fish’
https://youtu.be/vGj3XJjPIuU
Most of the information from this podcast can be obtained from any good, fairly recent University-level Introductory Biology textbook. I used my copy of Campbell, Reece & Meyers’ “Biology”, which I would highly recommend as an excellent biology reference or primer.
Show notes for ASTROLOGY
Mya Benway ALL about astrology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNb0t_taN60
Elsevier Personality and personal differences - Astrology on introvert vs extrovert - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0191886994902437
A scientific Inquiry into the Validity of Astrology - Journal of Scientific Exploration 1990 - http://www.skepticalmedia.com/astrology/Scientific%20Inquiry%20into%20Astrology.pdf
Carlson's experimentDouble Blind study, astrologers verse personality charts - http://muller.lbl.gov/papers/Astrology-Carlson.pdf
Natal Charts https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/birth-chart-horoscope-online
In episode 6 of IdioFacto, Levi dives deep into Submarines and Matt gets to the point with an acupuncture discussion.
Show notes for Submarines
Ships Inertial Navigation System - https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/satellite-navigation/reliable-global-navigation/first-satellite-navigation-system/navigating-a-submarine
Excellent Explanatory Submarine Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdy0gBVWAzE&t=582s
Parts of a submarine - https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-submarine5.htm
Nuclear Subs - https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-submarine3.htm
Diesel electric subs - https://www.pmbdefence.com.au/batteries/history-of-diesel-electric-submarines
Show notes for Acupuncture
Science-Based Medicine Overview - https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/reference/acupuncture/
Cochrane Library Metareview article - https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(08)00452-1/pdf
Osteoarthritis of the Knee Meta-analysis - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17577006
Chemotherapy Induced Nausea article - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002285.pub2/full
Nocturnal Enuresis article - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005230.pub2/full
Idiopathic Headache article - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001218/full
This week, Matt discusses Space Elevators and Levi covers Essential Oils
Links for SPACE ELEVATORS
American Journal of Physics article: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d402/ba5f97884b7398ae2a1ff79136f9c1a03993.pdf
British Interplanetary Society article: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999JBIS...52..175L
NASA article (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20080919070924/https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast07sep_1.htm
Upward Bound: Space Elevators - Isaac Arthur: https://youtu.be/dc8_AuzeYKE
Space Elevator - Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind (Kurzgesagt): https://youtu.be/qPQQwqGWktE
Links for ESSENTIAL OILS
Lavender Oil and Sleep https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876382012010700
Essential Oils as antibacterials https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168160504001680
Aromatherapy for dementia - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003150.pub2/full?highlightAbstract=withdrawn%7Coil%7Cessenti%7Cessential
Cochrane Review - Herbal medicine https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004504.pub4/full?highlightAbstract=withdrawn%7Coil%7Cessenti%7Cessential
Aromatherapy in Labour - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009215/full?highlightAbstract=withdrawn%7Coil%7Cessenti%7Cessential
Cochrane review arometherapy during massage for cancer patients - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009873.pub3/full?highlightAbstract=withdrawn%7Coil%7Cessenti%7Cessential
Dr Josh Axe and Jordan Ruben on essential oils as medicine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvWIAZ21KU
Government health warning - https://healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Essential-oils
Dr Josh Axe - https://draxe.com/
In the fourth episode of IdioFacto, Levi covers Fracking and Matt discusses Chiropractic
Show notes for Fracking
Earthquakes https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/earthquake/
Fracking Dilution https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-013-2672-9
"Annual Review" The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-144051
Fossil fuel emissions https://web.archive.org/web/20090503132200/http://www.naturalgas.org/environment/naturalgas.asp
Ted-Ed How does fracking work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tudal_4x4F0
Fracking explained: opportunity or danger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA explains benefits, but says we should take the risk seriously
Fracking Overview https://www.livescience.com/34464-what-is-fracking.html
Show notes for Chiropractic
Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699243/
J R Soc Med article 2007 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905885/
Pediatrics article 2000 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/105/4/e43.full.pdf
Vaccine article 2004 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X04004384?via%3Dihub
NZ Med J article 2010 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20389316
Science Based Medicine article https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/science-and-chiropractic/
Cochrane Review 2011 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008112.pub2/full
Cochrane Review 2004 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000447.pub2/full
In the third episode of IdioFacto, Matt covers Organ Transplants and Levi discusses Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
Show notes for organ transplants
"Why Is Organ Transplantation Clinically Important?" - Grinyo, J. M. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2013 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662355/
"A Brief History of Transplantation, Organ Donation and Research", Davidson, B. 2012 https://youtu.be/JqgzXFDaNig
Transplant History https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/learn/about-transplantation/history/
Chimeras article, Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/3-human-chimeras-that-already-exist/
"Blood" Journal article http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/118/21/832.abstract?sso-checked=true
Donate Life donatelife.gov.au
Show notes for Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
IBS hypnotherapy https://gut.bmj.com/content/gutjnl/28/4/423.full.pdf
ASAP science Hypnosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9PAguP86o
Cochrane Library quit smoking https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001008.pub2/full
This week in IdioFacto, Levi covers the Large Hadron Collider and Matt covers the anti-vaccination movement.
Show notes for the LHC
Beyond the Higgs - Whats next for the LHC with Harry Cliff https://youtu.be/edvdzh9Pggg
Image of a collision in the LHC https://goo.gl/images/sXXUhL
Big Bang Machine documentary https://youtu.be/AdJn82JwhTM
Show notes for anti-vaxxers
Guardian "Vaxxed" Review https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/02/vaxxed-film-scientist-interview-vaccines-autism
NY Times Article https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/magazine/mag-24Autism-t.html
Cochrane Review https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub3/full
Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) Vaccines https://youtu.be/7VG_s2PCH_c
Andrew Wakefield Interview Pt.1 https://youtu.be/AL-8fMEq5DA
Andrew Wakefield Interview Pt.2 https://youtu.be/m2V6p6riQ8o
Stat News "Vaxxed" Review https://www.statnews.com/2016/04/01/vaxxed-autism-movie-review/
David Gorski SBM Article https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/did-a-high-ranking-whistleblower-really-reveal-that-the-cdc-covered-up-proof-that-vaccines-cause-autism-in-african-american-boys/
Pediatrics Paper http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/4/1028
In this, the inaugural episode of IdioFacto, Matt will discuss helicopters and auto-rotation and Levi will cover Reiki.
Show notes for Helicopters and auto-rotation:
Neil Degrasse Tyson thread https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/623117641507557376
"Smarter Every Day" Autorotation video https://youtu.be/BTqu9iMiPIU
"Learn Engineering" Helicopter Basics video https://youtu.be/2tdnqZgKa0E
ABC news article for Christine https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-29/firefighting-water-bomber-helicopter-crashes-in-gippsland-dam/10757292
Show notes for Reiki:
Become a Reiki healer https://naturalhealer.com.au/product/reiki-master-certification-course/
Emily Rosa article https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/01/us/a-child-s-paper-poses-a-medical-challenge.html
Randomised clinical trials on Reiki https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01729.x
The world of science is a fascinating landscape of atomic particles, chemical elements, living, breathing organisms and everything in between. It is the smallest of quarks and the largest of galaxies. It is the whirring, buzzing laboratory of engineering, the hissing, bubbling test tube of chemistry, the molten hot, high pressure environment of geology, and the beating heart of medicine. Science has been both a tool and a measurement of progression since humanity’s conception, but in its complicated domain, sometimes a poser appears with a scientific mask on; it is pseudoscience.
Join us as we discuss a scientific concept, discovery or phenomenon, then we’ll take a dive into the complex and misleading world of pseudoscience to sort the factual from the fabricated.
Should you use essential oils to treat your medical conditions? Can you land a helicopter that’s lost engine power? What can a particle accelerator be used for? Should you visit a chiropractor next time you get back pain? Can Tarot cards reveal your future? How long can humans survive in space? Find the answers to these questions and more by tuning into IdioFacto with Matt McCabe and Levi Bateman.