The Podcast from Australia for
Science and Reason - Since 2008
The
Skeptic Zone #640 - 17 January 2021
Show Notes
0:00:00
Introduction Richard Saunders
0:03:20
Society of Homeopaths in Hot Water
From 'The Good Thinking Society'. Professional Standards Authority suspends the Society of Homeopaths (UK). The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) announced it had suspended the accreditation of the Society of Homeopaths (SoH). - Read by Lara Benham
This is when someone gives irrelevant information in an attempt to distract you from a topic at hand, often to avoid a question or shift the discussion in a new direction.
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.
0:16:00
Typewriter Time - Dialup Astrology
We discover that Richard Saunders and Maynard have started a new age Astrology service. What advice can they offer Annika Harrison from the European Skeptics Podcast?
0:25:07
Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
An alleged quarantine escapee left her hotel after she denied the
existence of coronavirus in a series of bizarre online rants. Self-proclaimed
"world changer" Jenny D'ubios sparked a manhunt in Perth when she
was found missing from her Perth hotel while in COVID-19 quarantine.
This week Michelle looks at "The Slothful Induction Fallacy".
This is when even though there is enough good evidence to support
a conclusion, this evidence is rejected and replaced by something
possibly unrelated but more inline with a particular worldview.
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.
0:19:18
A
Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers
on a search for references to Astrology.
Ken McLeod reports on how anti-vaccination campaigner
Judy Wilyman is trading on her flawed doctorate, and the implications
for her, the University of Wollongong, and the community.
Verna Morris, Maureen Chuck, Ken McLeod, Monica Saville, Dr Richard
Gordon, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, John Bundock, Peter Bowditch and Lauren
Cochrane with Ada and Jack.
Join the cast of the Skeptic Zone Podcast, and host of
special guests, in their first audio adventure as they board the
Australian Space Ship Solar Flare to fight
the forces of woo thoughout the galaxy!
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