Radio Freethinker

Radio Freethinker Episode 150 – Scorpions are big eye balls, Andrew Wakefield Strikes Back, Pro-Piracy Group a Religion, And Is Skepticism too Paternalistic?

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Skeptical News:

Scorpions Can See with their Bodies

• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21327-a-scorpions-body-serves-as-a-basic-eye.html
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347211005069

Andrew Wakefield Sues BMJ for claiming he’s a fraud

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/05/andrew-wakefield-sues-bmj-mmr

Pro-Piracy Group Says It’s Now A Recognized Religion In Sweden

• http://kopimistsamfundet.se/english/
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/04/144691912/pro-piracy-group-says-its-now-a-recognized-religion-in-sweden

Topics:

Is skepticism too paternalistic?

Skeptical Highlights

Fracking…its import and you should be informed
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
http://www.propublica.org/article/oh-canadas-become-a-home-for-record-fracking