19 - Seeing Through Illusion (Mystery & Science)
What will our firewall be between ourselves and the Svengali scamsters of the world? To day we look into science. We check out if there are any lessons to be learnt from looking at the Black Death in the middle ages, we discover a whole new tiny world through a home made microscope in 1683 in the Netherlands. This is the third and final episode in our explorations of how to get Carny Wise.Show notesAlexandre Yersin - the discoverer of the cause for the Black DeathOn Unweaving the Rainbow - article by Michael ShermerLamia - John Keats' full poem where the unweaving the rainbow appearsStephen Novella quote about science - Science definitionThe Surgeon of Crowthorne - book about the murderer and madman who contributed the most word definitions to the Oxford English Dictionary.Bifrost - rainbow in Norse MythologyA short article on the Black DeathAnthony Leeuvenhoek - the original microscope master and discoverer of the world of the tiny all around us ( and on us)Microscopic mites that live on your faceHow the Easter Island Statues "walked" from the quarries to their final resting places.Kitasato Shibasaburōthe - Japanese Co-discoverer of the pest bacteriaYersinia Pestis - the bacteria which causes the Black DeathThe Skeptiks Guide to the Universe book on skeptical thinking Jim Stienmeyer - author and illusion designerSupport the show...Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is the best new way to suport the podcast project. Become a proud parader of your passion for Showmanship and our glorious Craft whilst simultanously helping to gather more followers for the Way.You'll find the store here: https://thewayoftheshowman.printdrop.com.auIf you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to contact me about anything, including wanting me to collaborate on one of your projects you can reach me on [email protected] find out more on the Way of the Showman website.you can follow the Way of Instagram where it is, not surprisingly thewayoftheshowman.If you find it in you and you have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo