GattoCast (Edoardo Carlesi)

En esta entrevista hablé con Karim Sabbath de PowerMetal.cl sobre el último video de Nanowar Of Steel, la colaboración con Ross The Boss, el TOUR MANAGERS tour del verano pasado y el próximo DEATH TO FALSE TOURS TOUR.

The debate around Covid- containment policies has been shaped from the very beginning by the experts' opinions and (allegedly) science.  However, as data and evidence from all around the world started to gather, it became increasingly clear that the official narrative (namely, that infections grow exponentially until reaching herd immunity, and only strong public interventions such as lockdowns and widespread closure can prevent this) was at odds with the data. 

In particular, data from Sweden, Japan, South-East Asia, US States such as South Dakota and Florida did not align with these predictions. Also a closer look at European countries shows that the policies could not explain the curves' descent, as in most cases, in fact, drops in R(t) or infections can be shown to take place days or weeks before the lockdowns or stricter policies are enacted. Moreover, data on mobility reduction and lockdown stringencies also do not appear to be correlated with infection fatality rates or ICU occupancy.  Keynes once famously said - "I change my mind when the data changes. And you, what do you do sir?"  So, when data and evidence starts pointing to another direction, scientists should do the same. Unfortunately, this did not happen.  Instead, it became increasingly clear that the adherence to the proposed pandemic-reduction policies was not anymore driven by the data but rather by a sort of fact-free religious attachment to dogmas and prejudices under the guise of scientific language.   

At this time, adherence to the strict policy dogma has all the main traits of a religious cult: attachment to a symbol (the mask), the witch hunt i.e. reporting the heretics (people not following the guidelines) to the police, the priestly unquestionable role of the experts (despite their contradictions and failed forecasts), despising the sinners who dare to question the "settled science", continuous denial of evidence and praise of self-inflicted suffering and isolation as a mean to reach "the greater good". Hysteria and messianism have already replaced common sense and rational debate. 

 Gatto and Aleks will discuss from this perspective the current political madness on both sides of the pond.  

 About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666​ 

Aleks "The Hebrew Hammer" Salkin: https://www.alekssalkin.com/

In questa puntata del GattoCast in collaborazione con Michele Boldrin e Liberi Oltre discutiamo dell'efficacia delle misure di contenimento del Covid ed in particolare delle lacune scientifiche di alcuni studi che apparentemente sembrano mostrarne il successo.

Paper problematici:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6500/eabb9789

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2405-7

R(t) in discesa prima dei lockdown

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.03.21251112v2.full

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/06/28/2020.06.26.20140871.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.03.21251112v2.full

Efficacia dei lockdown

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.604339/full

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20088260v2.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1.full.pdf

This podcast episode is dedicated to the most recent findings of the James Webb Space Telescope, which seemed to indicate that the abundance of very massive galaxies, very early on, are at odds with the standard theory and might require a higher value for the age of the Universe or a different cosmological theory.

This kind of observation is not new - in fact, with my first paper I studied how observations of early massive galaxy clusters could be used to study alternative theories of the Universe.

In this episode I discussed some of the controversy about the scientific evidence against the effectiveness of the lockdowns as a containment measure against COVID. 

Some papers:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.604339/full

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/06/28/2020.06.26.20140871.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20088260v2.full.pdf

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817

https://www.databaseitalia.it/universal-masking-mito-scientifico-senza-evidenza/

Sloppy / inaccurate papers on the subject:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6500/eabb9789

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2405-7

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/14857

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/15/science.abd9338

Second  part of the series "Explaining the Universe to Joey de Maio" where I  will continue the exploration of the world of astronomy and cosmology.

This time I will talk about distances in the Universe, how to measure  them; how far away are the most remote galaxies and what can we learn by  looking at them.

Original on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juvQScezvQ

As Italy goes into a soft lockdown and so do many other European states,  I am going to review and elaborate on the reasons why locking down is a  terrible idea, bringing little-to-no benefit in limiting the spread of  Covid19 while bringing a host of terrible side effects.  I will be commenting this article by Philippe Lemoine 

https://cspicenter.org/blog/waronscience/the-case-against-lockdowns/  

which makes a nice summary of the (scientific, data-backed) reasons why lockdowns fail to deliver what they promised.  

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Originally published on Pat Flynn's podcast - the Pat Flynn show, with fellow podcaster the Hebrew Hammer, in October 2018.

Link: https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/ep-199-heavy-metal-loving-theoretical-physicist-speaks-10-languages-talks-generalist/

We talk about Generalism: how to master different topics to a high level, and the importance of stacking skills.

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Mr. Baffo & Gatto on GimmeMetal Radio with Laura Lokkie!

Originally aired on the 13/02/2021

Extract taken from Live Q & A with Pat Flynn and James Madden, discussing the importance of mathematical reasoning in philosophy and why is Bayes theorem so important.

About Me:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

In this podcast episode, recorded together with Pat Flynn, we talk about AI, focusing on its implications for art.

Should artists be afraid? What are the limits of AI? What can (or could) an AI system do?

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About Pat Flynn:

https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/

About GattoPanceri 666:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

The concept of the Multiverse is gaining lots of attention thanks to its sci-fi popularization.

But what are the possible motivations for such a model of the Universe? How did the idea first originated in physics? What are the philosophical implications?

In this podcast episode we take a general view from both standpoints and discuss whether the idea is worth discussing at all.

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About Pat Flynn:

https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/

About GattoPanceri 666:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Tooth Fairy is a song by Nanowar Of Steel, which appeared on the 2018 album "Stairway to Valhalla". 

It's lyrics have an obvious parodic twist that is coating a deeper layer of economic concepts and jargon, which are going to be explained in this episode.

What is the MPC? Why is the Tooth Fairy the TARP of the Human Body?

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666​

Intervista fatta nell'Agosto 2020 con Francesco Bommartini di Accesso Riservato. Si parla di Nanowar Of Steel, progetti futuri e molto altro!

What can we learn about the Universe as a whole by studying single,  weird objects? Can an individual galaxy cluster teach us something about  all galaxy clusters? What are the philosophical implications? Tune for a  special science themed episode with fellow podcaster Pat Flynn (Pat Flynn Show, Chronicles of Strength)

About GattoPanceri 666:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Pat Flynn:

https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/

Le risposte politiche alla diffusione del Covid, seppur inizialmente  motivate da ragioni scientifiche, sono in realtà caratterizzate da  elementi ritualistici ed irrazionali che hanno fatto presa sulle masse,  portando buona parte del mondo verso una deriva dai tratti autoritari. 

Giacomo Zucco ci fornisce un'analisi razionale della genesi e della  degenerazione delle politiche covid, fornendo degli spunti interessanti  per interpretare quello che sta succedendo, soprattutto a livello  politico.  

Per info e approfondimenti su Giacomo Zucco: 

https://giacomozucco.com/ 

https://twitter.com/giacomozucco 

https://www.amazon.it/Storia-documentata-pandemia-Giacomo-Zucco/dp/8833634205

Gatto & Abdul discuss Nanowar's latest album ITALIAN FOLK METAL with Pedro of A & P reacts.

The full video interview is available here: https://youtu.be/N4epUZKHsw8

La risposta politica alla pandemia è il frutto di una cospirazione? Le cospirazioni sono possibili? Se si, a quale livello? Con Giacomo Zucco parliamo delle teorie cospirazioniste sulla pandemia, sui loro aspetti sociali e psicologici. L'analisi parte da un punto di vista Hayekiano - dalla filosofia dell'Ordine Spontaneo.

Intervista radio andata in diretta il 6/7/21.

Una breve chiacchierata sulla storia, l'evluzione e le novità degli ultimi anni in casa Nanowar Of Steel.

In the first part of this series on the Age of the Universe I discussed the main ideas behind cosmological models and how they can be challenged using new observations of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters.

Here I will talk about the latest results of the James Webb Space Telescope, which first claimed to be at odds with the standard model of cosmology. However, the most recent findings seems to tell us a different story, and standard cosmology might not be in danger otherwise.

Le groupe Nanowar of Steel se confie au micro de United Rock Nations sur les controus de la conception du nouvel album ''Dislike to False Metal''.

Original YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crJgSsdUxTA

Nanowar of Steel bassist / vocalist Edoardo Carlesi aka Gatto Panceri 666 being interviewed about the band's upcoming "Dislike To False Metal" album. The album will be released on March 10th via Napalm Records

Original on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKD6PJPDoxU&t=953s

In the last months, one of the first randomized control trial study on  masks  entitled "NORMALIZING COMMUNITY MASK-WEARING: A CLUSTER  RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN BANGLADESH" was published first as a NBER paper https://www.nber.org/papers/w28734  then as a Science article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069  

Newspapers and media outlets from all over the places celebrated it with  titles such as:   "We conducted the largest study on masks and covid-19: They work" - Washington Post  "Surgical masks reduce COVID-19 spread, large-scale study shows" - Stanford Medicine News  "First randomized trial on masking affirms efficacy, Yale study says" - Yale News  "Huge, gold-standard study shows unequivocally that surgical masks work  to reduce coronavirus spread" - Live Science  

However, is the methodology and the data contained in the paper adequate  enough to back such claims?  Together with Pat Flynn we discuss the major flaws of this study and  raise some concerns on the way the media misrepresented it for political  purposes.  

Additional reads: https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/bangladesh-mask-study-do-not-believe

Kitograd (literally, Cocktown) is a song by Nanowar Of Steel released in 2014 on the album "A Knight at the Opera", written in Serbian language.  In this new GattoCast Live episode Gatto will take you through the hidden meanings of this song while teaching some of the grammatical foundations of the Serbian language and the meaning of the word Kurac.

Nanowar Of Steel just announced a new album: ITALIAN FOLK METAL.  

On tonight's GattoCast episode I will go through the tracklist and talk  about the songs, the styles and the guests featured on this album.

Die interview wurde beim Metal On The Hill aufgenommen und am Samstag, 9.10.21, um 17Uhr  auf 94.0 Radio Orange veroeffentlicht.

With Pat & Jim we discuss the derailment of science in the public discourse that has characterized the last year.

Science is being replaced with scientism, an adherence to theories based on authority rather than evidence, where key principles of the scientific method - such as falsifiability, openness to critiques and political neutrality - are being put aside.

En esta entrevista (que salio' el 20 de Diciembre 2020 para el podcast de PowerMetal.cl) hablo de Nanowar Of Steel, presente, pasado y futuro con Karim Saba y David Araneda del portal PowerMetal.cl

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666​

In questo episodio discuto i termini ed i concetti di finanza e macroeconomia alla base del testo di Tooth Fairy.

Una canzone di metal finanziario dedicata alla fatina dei denti ed a Mario Dragons, subito dopo aver ricevuto l'incarico di formare il nuovo governo.

When the experts disagree, whom should you trust?

Are there ways a layman can understand the different sides of an open scientific debate and make an informed decision?

What is a Conspiracy Theory? Is it ever reasonable to believe in it?

In this episode I discuss with Pat Flynn and Dr. Jim Madden these issue in the light of the still ongoing worldwide health debate.

This episode is also available on:
https://patflynnshow.libsyn.com/thinking-through-the-laymans-dilemma-and-conspiracy-theories-with-dr-carlesi-and-dr-madden

In questa puntata del GattoCast parliamo con l'amico Vanni De Luca di memoria, multitasking, musica, patterns Divina Commedia e tecniche rimorchio.     

Seguite Vanni de Luca su:

https://www.instagram.com/vanni_deluca/ 

https://www.facebook.com/VanniDeLucaOfficial/

I primi passi dei Nanowar Of Steel, aneddoti, storie e memorie dai primi due anni di attivita' della band. Quanto facevamo davvero schifo all'inizio?

This seminar was given online to the members of the N. Copernicus Astronomical Center Torun in two parts, on the 11.01.2024 and 25.01.2024.

I discuss the two main types of satellite Earth observations (Multispectral and SAR) from an astrophysicist's perspective.

Aurora Capoferro e' un'insegnante di lingue in Francia. Il suo punto di forza risiede nel metodo che utilizza per istruire i suoi alunni: lo studio approfondito dei testi di alcune delle canzoni dei Nanowar Of Steel.  In questa puntata del GattoCast parleremo con lei di musica e metodi di apprendimento delle lingue sofferemandoci sul brano "... AND THEN I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS A GARGOYLE" e capire come una canzone che parla di Monumentofilia possa essere usata a scopi didattici.  

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Aurora Capoferro works for ACR Culture. Contact: info@acrculture.com

Horrible List (verbs): https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/irregular-verbs/how-learn-horrible-list/5436

Gargoyle Learning Sheet: https://www.nanowar.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gargoyleproject.pdf  

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Video on:

https://youtu.be/hRnnAMUogyM

I joined Heavy New York to discuss our new album Dislike to False Metal, our songwriting process and the meaning of being a band with a sense of humor.

Did you know that Nanowar Of Steel's lyrics have been the subject of scholar research?  

As crazy as it may sound, a full article has been published on the subject: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781839099489

Taken from the abstract:  "The demenziale has also attracted a slew of bands that employ this humour within the heavy metal genre, most famous of which is the Roman band Nanowar of Steel. [...] Nanowar of Steel's unique position of having songs written in seven languages, primarily English and Italian, allows us to take a deeper look at how language and humour interfaces with the local and global metal scenes."  

This GattoCast's special guest is Karl Farrugia, the article's author, and we'll chat about humour and languages, but primarly about the "why on Earth would you write a serious article about Nanowar Of Steel".

This Friday's GattoCast episode will be dedicated to the expansion of the Universe. 

What is the Hubble constant? 

How do we know the expansion is real? 

What's going to happen in the future of the Universe?  

And - most important - who's going to explain all these things to Joey de Maio?

The idea of simplicity is at the cornerstone of science. From a certain perspective, science is all about "making things simple": we want to explain the behavior of large bodies in terms of its basic elements, like atoms in physics or cells in biology. Scientific theories compress information into simpler, more basic, parts.

We talk about a few examples of this in modern science, and discuss how this guiding principle has led to impressive results in the realm of particle physics, and how it can be used to judge new scientific theories and approaches.

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About Pat Flynn:

https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/

About GattoPanceri 666:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Intervista con Hop'n'Music uscita nel 2019, con Mohammed Abdul & Gatto Panceri 666

Special Guest: Giorgio Mastrota, che viene raggiunto da una chiamata in diretta!

Pretty long interview with the Metal Pizza podcast #34 talking about music, touring, traveling and food!

Original on:

https://youtu.be/ZZLgveNq9jc?si=u8ftsPKVv9CybkRl

Seconda parte della mini serie dedicata ai primi anni dei Nanowar.

Il cambio di nome, l'entrata di Mr. Baffo, il primo album autoprodotto, i primi tour Europei.

Aneddoti, storie, ricordi ed audio esclusivi 

Pat and Gatto introduce their new series called Science and Sophistry and begin by looking at a recent exchange between Dr. Fauci and Jim Jordan.

About GattoPanceri 666:

http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

Who is Giorgio Mastrota?

What is his relation with Nanowar Of Steel?

How did the whole thing started?

Listen to this episode for some history and behind the scenes of a decade long partnership!

La risposta politica alla pandemia è il frutto di una cospirazione? Le cospirazioni sono possibili? Se si, a quale livello? Con Giacomo Zucco parliamo delle teorie cospirazioniste sulla pandemia, sui loro aspetti sociali e psicologici. L'analisi parte da un punto di vista Hayekiano - dalla filosofia dell'Ordine Spontaneo.   Link alla parte I del video: https://youtu.be/KO44wmMpWOA  Giacomo Zucco: https://giacomozucco.com/ https://twitter.com/giacomozucco https://www.amazon.it/Storia-documentata-pandemia-Giacomo-Zucco/dp/8833634205

Vanni de Luca ci parla di alcuni numeri incredibili di alcuni mnemonisti famosi del passato.  

La puntata completa la trovi qui: https://youtu.be/mKJ5Dq9vEbM  

Seguite Vanni de Luca su: 

https://www.instagram.com/vanni_deluca/  

https://www.facebook.com/VanniDeLucaOfficial/  

About GattoPanceri 666: http://linktr.ee/gattopanceri666

In this live episode of the GattoCast I talk about Astrophysics and Cosmology.

What is astrophysics? What is cosmology? What do they deal with? How do we study the Universe? 

What is the role of supercomputers and simulations? What did we learn?

These are some of the basic questions I will try to address in this first episode of the series "Explaining the Universe to Joey de Maio"

Intervista con Nevermind Rock Radio andata in onda il 28/10/2019

Interview auf Deutsch mit Baalphemor

Das YouTube video kann man finden an:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jVWAbEXZN8&t=2s

Original On YouTube

https://youtu.be/cZ-jYqt5ycE

In this episode I discuss about the problems of utilitarian thinking with Pat Flynn, focusing on the paradoxes and the extremes that arise as a consequence of this philosophy.

We discuss some thought experiments and address the issues of the current policies which are increasingly inspired by short term utilitarian calculations.

Funny chat with Jade (singer of Frozen Crown) about Italian Metal, female fronted bands and coldiretti (the main topic of ROSARIO, the track of Italian Folk Metal where she was featured).

Originally released on YouTube on 17.1.2023

Talking about the tour, the videos and the new album: DISLIKE TO FALSE METAL

Chiacchierata andata in onda il 1/7/21 sul canale Twitch de "I Napoletani di Torino".

Si parla del nuovo album, la collaborazione con Mastrota, i concerti passati e futuri.

Terza parte della mini-serie dedicata alla storia dei Nanowar Of Steel.

Dai primi tour fino all'HellFest 2009

We discussed the band's special relationship with IKEA, cancel culture, and how far comedy can go. We also talked about astrophysics and his passion for languages and IKEA furniture. The interview was recorded on March 1st 2023.

Original on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/ZTc_lhUX1rM

Full version of the talk I gave at the Big Tech Day 2024 in Munich on the 5th of July, where I discussed some topics related to my experiences as an astrophysicist, a data scientist and a musician.

It includes a Q & A session. The page of the event: https://www.bigtechday.com/en/talks#5...

Full video:

https://youtu.be/gieTMFhN1W4?si=YQ4H0jbLJ8KZI5L_ Thanks to Gergely Acs and the TNG staff and organizers who invited me for this event