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The Skeptic Zone


Mar 12, 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