You can't teach an old dogma new tricks

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week's show conveys how surprisingly susceptible science is to dogma. We uncover the alarming oversights which have mitigated progress in disciplines like zoology and medicine for decades. Corrupted for years by false assumptions, the failings in these fields can be extremely difficult to overturn. We hear from scientists going against the grain to dispel mainstream myths from their respective areas of study, and also provide a protocol for dodging dogmas moving forward... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.0	running.
0:05.0	I'm so genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable. is discovery is the advances research technology unbelievable
0:14.7	without further ado this is the naked scientist
0:18.4	hello welcome to the naked scientists this is the program that brings you the latest
0:21.9	breakthroughs in science technology and medicine.
0:24.3	I'm Chris Smith.
0:25.5	The backlash that I've got makes me very worried about the current state of science.
0:30.6	It makes me worried that there are some people who really feel that it is
0:36.2	okay to shut down debate. Why it seems you can't teach an old dogma new tricks. We'll be busting a few myths this
0:44.7	week and showing you how to mentally immunize yourself against misinformation.
0:48.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast dot co-dot UK.
0:54.0	This week the show has been inspired by an interview that we conducted a few weeks ago
1:07.4	Dr Tim Nutbeam explained to us in the case of rescue efforts from Carrecks
1:11.4	current approaches designed to minimize the movement of patients
1:14.9	to avoid exacerbating spinal injuries, were potentially doing more harm than good.
1:20.4	We went back and looked at all the history, all the fire and rescue manuals and tried to work out where this paradigm of movement minimization had evolved from and if it had a historical evidence base.
1:32.0	And we could find no evidence of that. There was never
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