The Skeptic Zone #854 - 16.February.2025
Feb 15, 2025•57 min•Ep. 854
Episode description
0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 00:04:22 What If?
What if "Psychics" really were psychic? What if "Diviners" really could find water? What if people could really predict the future? What would the world be like if these strange claims are actually true? Richard Saunders poses a few thought experiments. 0:13:10 Chat GPT - The Play - Penny's Adventures #3
We asked Chat GPT to write part #3 of the misadventures of psychic Penny and the Galactic Federation. Joining Richard Saunders in this segment, playing the parts of a psychic and aliens, are Kat McLeod, Adrienne Hill, Lara Benham and Maynard. 0:19:20 VR Skeptics
Lara Benham, Adrienne Hill, Ross Blocher and Richard Saunders enjoy a little virtual reality golf and chat about the upcoming Skeptoid Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle. 0:24:30 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:35:52 The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Paranormal Politics.
1995.03.22 - The Canberra Times
1940.05.15 - The Manning Times
1993.12.27 - The Canberra Times
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Kat McLeod on Why Smart Women
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2385970/episodes/16592626-what-happened-to-kat
Richard Saunders' talk. Psychic Detectives : False Trails.
https://youtu.be/pfAntkVFxcs
Richard Saunders 00:04:22 What If?
What if "Psychics" really were psychic? What if "Diviners" really could find water? What if people could really predict the future? What would the world be like if these strange claims are actually true? Richard Saunders poses a few thought experiments. 0:13:10 Chat GPT - The Play - Penny's Adventures #3
We asked Chat GPT to write part #3 of the misadventures of psychic Penny and the Galactic Federation. Joining Richard Saunders in this segment, playing the parts of a psychic and aliens, are Kat McLeod, Adrienne Hill, Lara Benham and Maynard. 0:19:20 VR Skeptics
Lara Benham, Adrienne Hill, Ross Blocher and Richard Saunders enjoy a little virtual reality golf and chat about the upcoming Skeptoid Cruise to the Bermuda Triangle. 0:24:30 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:35:52 The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Paranormal Politics.
1995.03.22 - The Canberra Times
1940.05.15 - The Manning Times
1993.12.27 - The Canberra Times
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Kat McLeod on Why Smart Women
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2385970/episodes/16592626-what-happened-to-kat
Richard Saunders' talk. Psychic Detectives : False Trails.
https://youtu.be/pfAntkVFxcs