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The Skeptic Zone


Sep 3, 2022

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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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A Psychic in Court

With a guilty verdict handed down in the Chris Dawson murder trial, Richard Saunders recounts the day he was in court in 2020 to hear the testimony of a so-called 'Psychic' who has a tenuous link to the case.

This report, together with comments form Nicholas Cowdery AO, QC, appeared in the March 2020 issues of 'The Skeptic'.

0:25:52
The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

The Unicorn - Part 2 - By Anthony G Wheeler

Do Unicorns exist? Have Unicorns ever existed?
These may seem like simple questions, questions to which the answers are well known. Nevertheless, they are not. We cannot select our answers from just 'yes' or 'no'. The answers have been sought for hundreds of years, and even now the answers are not simple.

A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 14 No. 1

http://www.skeptics.com.au

0:35:38
Anti-vaxxers to pay $214,023 in legal costs

A group of Australian anti-vaxxers who tried to sue governments citing fears over "a new world order" have been slugged with a $214,023 legal bill after the case was thrown out of court.

https://tinyurl.com/29vy2zrt

0:40:38
A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Zodiac".

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

0:55:12
Jim Wilshire - Skeptical Poem

Zodiac Man

https://youtu.be/Mi5Z9MTTuuU


Also
Australian Skeptics National Convention 2022
Science & Skepticism in a changed world
3 - 4 December, National Library of Australia, Canberra
https://skepticon.org.au

Bob Nixon investigation
https://youtu.be/6n0S8ENMlEo