The Skeptic Zone #701 - 13.March.2022
0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:04:32 Former TV Celebrity Chef Blunders Again
Trolls are hijacking the death of 52-year-old Australian cricket legend Shane Warne to spread wild conspiracy theories. Report of the strange actions by Bent Spoon winner, Pete Evans.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/antivaxxer-trolls-hijack-shane-warnes-death/news-story/c1b84e32411c5ed37f34c2f12a72274f
0:12:22 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:26:40 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham
The Dunning-Kruger effect is the cognitive bias whereby people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability.
A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 38 No. 1
http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:33:52 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "UFOs Paranormal Psychics".
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au