Episode description
Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 0:03:36 Interview with Jon Guy
Put simply, Think Straight is an owner's manual for the human brain. Drawing from the vast history of scientific and cognitive research, this book is a tour de force through the science and philosophy of the human mind, and what it means to think as a rational human being in the 21st century.
https://twitter.com/SkepticJonGuy
https://www.amazon.com/Think-Straight-Owners-Manual-Mind/dp/1633887979 0:15:34 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham
Tim and Richard talk about the Bent Spoon Award from Australian Skeptics. Nominations are now open for 2022.
https://www.skeptics.com.au/about/activities/bent-spoon/ 0:23:16 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:33:36 Jim Wilshire - Skeptical Poem
Bachelor of Seance 0:35:02 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Prof. Ray Hyman.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
- 1993, Secrets of the Psychics - NOVA PBS https://youtu.be/41hJ6DY8xLI?t=1427
- 1988, 4th February - The Alton Telegraph
- 1995, 24th October - Arlington Heights News - Daily Herald
- 1994, 4th December - The Brazosport Facts - Texas