The Skeptic Zone #619 - 23.August.2020

Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 11:27 p.m.

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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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On the Search for those Elusive Ghosts

An interview with\\xa0Beth Darlington\\xa0in London, UK. A paranormal investigator who has a very open-minded and fair approach to investigating the claims of the paranormal.

https://www.accessparanormal.com

0:18:20
Logical Fallacies with Michelle Bijkersma

This week Michelle looks at\\xa0"The Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy".

This is when you are swayed into taking up a position or belief based on isolated examples of data, poor data or personal experience, rather than reliable evidence.

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.

0:23:41
Typewriter Time

Before the mighty space ship\\xa0Solar Flare\\xa0charted unknown regions of the galaxy, its original namesake was on a less well-known mission to the moon.

With the voice talents of\\xa0Jennifer Hathorn, Brian Dunning\\xa0and\\xa0Ben Radford.

0:30:52

0:44:04
Let\'s have a Random Rant with Dr Paulie

Dr Paulie looks at a study about fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media, and interviews\\xa0Professor Tammy Hoffmann\\xa0from the Institute for Evidence Based Healthcare at Bond University about critical thinking for school students.

https://bond.edu.au/profile/tammy-hoffmann

Also
Skepticon 2020

https://www.skepticon.org.au

Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images

https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
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