The Skeptic Zone #641 - 24.January.2021
Jan 24, 2021•54 min
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
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