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The Skeptic Zone #641 - 24.January.2021

The Skeptic Zone #641 - 24.January.2021

FromThe Skeptic Zone


The Skeptic Zone #641 - 24.January.2021

FromThe Skeptic Zone

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:42 The Great Australian Prediction Project A look at some of the 'psychic' predictions for Donald Trump over the past 20 years. What was foreseen or maybe not foreseen for the former president? 0:20:13 Logical Fallacies with Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "The Perfect Solution Fallacy". The perfect solution is an 'all or nothing' way of thinking, unless the outcome is 100% perfect, the baby may end up being thrown out with the bath water. In other words, the idea is being rejected altogether. 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. 0:27:33 Vaccination Rates in Australia Australia has surpassed the immunisation gold stan dard, with a 95.09 per cent vac cination rate for five-year-olds. With 95 per cent of the population vaccinated, child hood diseases that kill cannot get a foothold due to "herd immunity". - By Jane Hansen 0:33:38 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers. This week testing psychic claims from 1950. Into the Unknown - Part #4 http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
Released:
Jan 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and the crew for interviews and reports from around the world.