The Skeptic Zone
The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason - Since 2008
| The Skeptic Zone #613 - 12 July 2020 |
| Show Notes |
| 0:00:00
Introduction Richard Saunders |
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Life is Wild. With Michelle Franklin Water Divining Every time Michelle brings this up and someone offers to hook her up with their neighbour’s mate’s dad who can divine for her, she tells them about that time, way back before she was even born, when James Randi and Dick Smith and the first few members of the Australian Skeptics offered fifty thousand dollars to anyone who could divine for water for real. And they always seem surprised to hear that no one was able to do it. |
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Michelle
Bijkersma Melbourne and the Mask Over the last couple of weeks Michelle has been impressed that locking down and ring fencing suburbs that are hotspots for Covid 19 has been a really targeted approach that spared everyone else in Melbourne, a city of 5 million people, the burden of lockdown again. - Her mask arrived a day or two before Melbourne went into stage 3 lockdown. How to fit and wear a mask correctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXJtN2Yt60 DHHS provides a comprehensive guide to face masks. https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/face-masks-covid-19 |
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Typewriter Time Flat as far as the eye can see. With the voice talent of Sierra Joan. |
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| 0:25:03
The
Cass Files - With Dr Cassandra Perryman State of the Union The US has always been a country of contradiction. It was formed out of rebellion, and views rebellion as the “patriotic” thing to do, but only if that rebellion upholds the status quo. Right now, this theme of rebellion and contradiction is on international display. So, what are the most glaring contradictions? Find out on the Cass Files. |
| 0:37:31
Logical
Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "Tu quoque". Also known as the “Appeal to Hypocrisy” or “look who’s talking”, this is a type of Ad Hominem attack and comes into play when an inconsistency or hypocrisy from your side is used by your opponent to justify their position or to denigrate your position. A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view. |
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The
Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham What Goes Around - Monsters, Mysteries and Medicos. http://www.skeptics.com.au |
| Also Skepticon
2020 https://www.skepticon.org.au Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud |
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| The Skeptic Zone #612 - 5 July 2020 |
| Show Notes |
| 0:00:00
Introduction Richard Saunders |
| 0:04:07 Interview
with James Underdown from the CFIIG Can you demonstrate paranormal ability? Are you interested in earning $250,000 dollars? The Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) at the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles offers a $250,000 prize to anyone who can show, under scientific testing conditions, significant evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power. https://cfiig.org |
| 0:34:31 Logical
Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at the "Relative Privation Fallacy". This fallacy, also known as "not as bad as", can be seen as a type of red herring or distraction. The fallacy is essentially an argument that a certain issue is not important or does not deserve attention and resources because there are other and more important issues. A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view. |
| 0:41:50 Typewriter
Time A Cook Book with a message. |
| 0:44:47 The
Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham What Goes Around - Ghosts and ghouls, sex and magic. And so it goes, the almost inevitable realisation that all knowledge is connected and connectable. http://www.skeptics.com.au |
| Also Skepticon 2020 https://www.skepticon.org.au Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud Maynard LIVE Friday 8:30pm https://www.mixcloud.com/live/dj-maynard/ UK Skeptics in the Pub https://www.skepticsinthepub.org |
| The Skeptic Zone #611 - 28 June 2020 |
| Show Notes |
| 0:00:00
Introduction Richard Saunders |
| 0:04:25 Trish
& Chips - With Trish Hann Trish tells us about her love of the movie Jurassic Park, but more importantly the importance of having positive and strong role models especially for girls and young women looking for inspiration to lead them into the world of science. |
| 0:12:00 Logical
Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "Personal Incredulity". Also known as "the argument from personal astonishment", this is when someone cannot accept an argument because they don't believe in or don't understand the premise and the points being made. That is to say they think it's false because they cannot see how it can be true. A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view. |
| 0:18:49 Typewriter
Time The concerning matter of a Free Energy Machine. |
| 0:22:00 The
Think Tank The Skeptic Zone reporters join Richard to discuss some issues of the day. We delve into why people may legitimately not want to wear masks as well as exploring the mindset driving the resistance. Dr Cass shares her very moving personal experience of COVID-19 before we discuss the burgeoning online Skeptical meeting phenomenon. With Michelle Bijkersma, Dr Cassandra Perryman, Trish Hann and Michelle Franklin. |
| Also Skepticon 2020 https://www.skepticon.org.au Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud |
| The Skeptic Zone #610 - 21 June 2020 |
| Show Notes |
| 0:00:00
Introduction Richard Saunders |
| 0:04:30 Maynard's
Spooky Action This week Maynard in conversation with the one and only George Hrab from the Geologic Podcast. A wide ranging interview with the bonus of George singing the theme from the James Bond movie, Moonraker! http://www.geologicpodcast.com |
| 0:24:14 Logical
Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "non sequitur". The term “non sequitur” comes to us from Latin, and translates as "it does not follow." It is a statement or conclusion that doesn't logically follow from the previous statement or the main point of the argument. A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view. |
| 0:33:01 Australian
Skeptics Newsletter #100 What's making news at Australian Skeptics? Find out with newsletter #100. http://www.skeptics.com.au |
| 0:40:50 The
Book of Tim - With Tim Mendham
Back to the Past (From the June 2020 issue of 'The Skeptic') The History of Chiropractic, part #2 The Chiro Wars - Written by Dr Stephen Basser. |
| Also Skepticon 2020 https://www.skepticon.org.au Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud Video talks with Susan Gerbic https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject/ |
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