We’re delving into the complicated world of scientific hoaxes. Some are just goofs that went a little too far, but others have had serious negative impacts on public health.
Welcome, traveler, to the first episode! This is Sam from December of 2020. I can't believe, more two years later, we're still playing this goofy game!
If you're starting here, you have a long and grand adventure ahead of you. It only gets way better from here!
If you're working your way backwards... well, you did it! Hopefully a new episode will be coming out soon, otherwise what will you listen to while you do your chores??
Sources:
[Truth or Fail]
Cello Scrotum:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1610985/
https://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b379
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm
Surfer’s Ear:
http://ent.uci.edu/more-at-uc-irvine/conditions/surfers-ears.asp
Jeep Butt:
https://publichealth.gwu.edu/departments/healthpolicy/CHPR/downloads/mil_prep042605.pdf
http://www.academia.edu/19875506/Pilonidal_sinus_Jeeps_disease_An_improved_model_of_care
[Fact Off]
Mary Toft:
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/aug2009.html
https://academic.oup.com/past/article/238/1/43/4822513
Parapsychology:
http://www.tricksterbook.com/truzzi/ZS-Issues-PDFs/ZeteticScholarNos12-13.pdf
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.617.9791&rep=rep1&type=pdf
https://www.csicop.org/uploads/files/martin-gardner-pdfs/landmark-pk-hoax.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20060503224225/http://www.banachek.org/nonflash/project_alpha.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1S5CRcqJQo
[Ask the Science Couch]
Andrew Wakefield:
https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323045/
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jan/28/andrew-wakefield-mmr-vaccine
[Butt One More Thing]
Fake coprolite: