TheESP – Ep. #471 – Without Sleep, Your Brain Doesn’t Work

Pontus is back from skiing, Orbán is worse than ever, and an astronaut will photograph the turtle that carries the Earth on its back – just a normal week in skepticism. In TWISH we hear about the successful ban on CFCs to save the ozone layer, and then it’s time for the news:

• EUROPE: Measles in Europe highest in 25 years
• ITALY: Higher levels of spirituality and CAM use increases likelyhood of vaccine skepticism
• UK: Psychological ‘booster shots’ can strengthen resistance to misinformation over time
• UK: Poor sleep could fuel belief in conspiracy theories
• INTERNATIONAL: Press freedom watchdog says Russia ‘stealing’ its identity
• RUSSIA: Russian network changes tactics to ‘groom’ AI bots with disinformation
• PORTUGAL: ComCept’s Flying Unicorn Awards are here again, voting is on!

The Really Wrong Award goes to Dutch minister for Asylum and Migration, Marjolein Faber, for ignoring expertise, and we send a Really Right to Sense About Science for their work to teach researchers how to communicate.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-471.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:51 Greetings

0:14:14 TWISH

0:22:35 News

0:49:53 Really Wrong / Really Right

0:56:55 Quote

0:58:57 Outro

1:00:19 Outtakes

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