The Skeptic Zone

The Skeptic Zone #689 - 19.December.2021


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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders The Great Australian Prediction Project From the pages of 'The Skeptic', the journal from Australian Skeptics, comes the long awaited offical report into the accuracy of so-called "psychic predictions". Find out the background, the methodology and the all important results and conclusions. Read by Adrienne Hill and Richard Saunders.

00:02:14: The Great Aust. Psychic Prediction Project 00:05:19: History of Prophecies 00:10:37: The Project 00:13:34: Methodology 00:17:53: The Flow of Time 00:19:49: Assessing the Predictions 00:23:03: Correct or Wrong 00:27:41: Too Vague 00:30:30: Expected 00:32:34: Unknown 00:33:50: Many Predictions in One 00:34:56: Easy to Predict but Difficult to Analyse 00:36:29: Predictable Complaints 00:43:10: Self-Assessment, Cherry Picking and Shoehorning 00:49:12: They did not see that coming 00:50:22: Control Group 00:51:54: If predictions worked as claimed 00:54:08: Looking into the Future 00:55:57: Conclusions 00:58:41: Some Statistics 00:59:14: Credits 01:00:10: About The Author

Download the PDF of the report

https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2041%20(2021)%20No%204%20(Cover).pdf

Media coverage of The Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project

Point of Inquiry Podcasy

https://pointofinquiry.org/2023/07/the-great-australian-psychic-prediction-project

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 46, No. 2

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/02/the-great-australian-psychic-prediction-project-pondering-the-published-predictions-of-prominent-psychics/

Rob Palmer video at National Capital Area Skeptics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3PtgRl-vM

Data Skeptic Podcast

https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2022/the-great-australian-prediction-project

Radio 4BC Brisbane (Audio) Interview with Richard Saunders

https://tinyurl.com/bdb2e9v4

The Skeptic (UK)

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/03/the-great-australian-psychic-prediction-project-finds-psychics-perform-worse-than-random-chance/

The Sydney Morning Herald

https://www.smh.com.au/national/psychics-mostly-wrong-but-you-may-have-seen-that-coming-20220130-p59sdo.html

Psychic Predictions: The Track Records of Professed "Seers"

https://www.spreaker.com/user/thethinkingatheist/podcast609-psychicpredictions

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