Medical Conspiracies (feat. Dr Steven Novella)

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Dr. Mike Todorovic

Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health & Fitness, University, Science, Nursing, Education, Health, Anatomy, Medicine

4.8 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr Matt and Dr Mike are joined by Clinical Neurologist and Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Dr Steven Novella. They discuss conspiracy thinking in medicine and explore what drives people away from science-based thinking. Dr Novella offers some insight from his clinical experience and explains how (or if) we can address people with incorrect views.

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0:00.0	vaccination, fluoridation, GMO 5G, COVID-19, even acupuncture.
0:05.6	What are these things have in common, Matt?
0:09.1	Medical science related.
0:11.1	They've got myths associated with it.
0:13.3	Yeah.
0:13.5	A bit of controversy.
0:14.8	Yeah.
0:15.4	Conspiracies.
0:16.3	Yes.
0:16.7	Yes.
0:16.9	So why?
0:18.3	Why do these particular topics have common medical myths or conspiracy theories associated with them?
0:24.8	It's a hard one.
0:25.9	I'm not sure I'm the right person for it, but I think I know someone who might be.
1:11.7	Yeah. I'm going to be joining us, Dr. Stephen Novela, who's an American clinical neurologist and professor at Yao University School of Medicine. Now, Steve is well known for his
1:17.5	involvement in the skeptical movement or the skeptical community. If you don't know what
1:21.4	skepticism is, Steve will tell us. Now, he's also the host of one of my favorite podcasts, which is the skeptics
1:29.5	Guide to the Universe. He's a contributor of multiple blog posts like science-based medicine and
1:35.5	neurologica. And we're lucky enough to have Steve with us today. So, Steve, I think the very first
1:42.1	thing we want to ask you is skepticism.
1:45.7	What does it mean to be a skeptic?
1:48.0	What is the skepticism movement?
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