The Skeptic Zone

The Skeptic Zone #617 - 9.August.2020


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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:18 Interview with Sue Ieraci Sue is an Australian doctor and emergency specialist with more than three decades' experience in the public hospital system. She is a vocal advocate for improvements in Emergency Medicine, how it is viewed in the hospital framework and patient-centred care. Sue is a member of the Executive of Friends of Science in Medicine and she strongly promotes evidence based medicine. https://www.scienceinmedicine.org.au 0:23:16 Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "The Appeal to Consequences". This is when it's concluded that an idea or proposition is true or false because the consequences of it being true or false are desirable or undesirable to the one making the argument. 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. 0:28:53 Typewriter Time Green complexion and blue spots on the toes. What can it mean for Lakeside hospital? With the voice talent of Celestia Ward and Brian Dunning. 0:33:19 SovCits Invading Australia More and more we are hearing news about "sovereign citizens", or "SovCits" for short, with some reports suggesting COVID-19 government restrictions have driven a surge of interest in this movement. https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/coronavirus-victoria-sovereign-citizens-tactic-infuriating-cops/news-story/29a57a1004bd32780c5f078d501b61da https://www.utas.edu.au/news/2020/7/28/1038-why-do-living-people-believe-they-have-immunity-from-the-law https://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/10/14/the-legal-gibberish-of-freeman-on-the-land Also Canberra Skeptics https://canberraskeptics.org Skepticon 2020 https://www.skepticon.org.au Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
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