Which Is Which And Why

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss science as an industry and compare it to important historical pivot points in scientific history, like in the times of Galileo and Louis Pasteur. Is there something different about science in present day and age that sets it apart from other eras? Are we living in an unprecedented scientific age? What can we do to tell the difference between real science and pseudoscience?

In current events, things heat up in Ukraine, while Russia claims that the US is trying to draw them into war. The FCC kicks China out of the US. A giant convoy in Canada protests the vaccine pass restrictions. North Korea launches test missile. Bengals reach the Super Bowl. 23 people killed in Ecuador, and 19 in Brazil due to floods and landslides. 60 People knifed to death in Congo. CNN president leaves after affair with CNN Vice President. Poisoned cocaine kills 20 people in Argentina.

In the world of nonsense, men on a golf course find a message in a bottle. Firefighters deliver baby in snowstorm in Jimmy James parking lot. Chicken wanders into Pentagon… security baffled. China messes up box labels.