The Skeptic Zone #638 - 3.January.2021 The Skeptic Zone

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:03:36 COVID-19 Conspiracy

An alleged quarantine escapee left her hotel after she denied the existence of coronavirus in a series of bizarre online rants. Self-proclaimed "world changer" Jenny D'ubios sparked a manhunt in Perth when she was found missing from her Perth hotel while in COVID-19 quarantine.

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/jenny-dubios-woman-who-allegedly-fled-covid-hotel-quarantine-shared-bizarre-online-rants-before-incident-c-1848398
0:15:09 Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma

This week Michelle looks at the fallacy of "Unfalsifiability".

Also known as 'untestability', this is when you make a claim that cannot be shown or proved to be incorrect or even correct via testing.

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.
0:21:02 Monterey Skepticamp 2021

Susan Gerbic with details of the first Skeptical Meeting of the year. This time the whole world can join in, online. Sat 2nd of Jan. (USA)

https://abouttimeproject.wordpress.com/skepticamp-2020-schedule-speakers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWm1ELCsYTQw53ljcCpSedw
0:34:15 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers.
This week an a count of testing psychic claims from 1950.

Into the Unknown - Part #1

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
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