The Skeptic Zone #592 -16.February.2020

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:00:00</em> <div><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> Richard Saunders</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:03:53</em> <div><strong>A Psychic in Court</strong><br /> <br /> Richard Saunders was in the court room when someone claiming to be a psychic appeared in the witness box. This case is turning out to be one of Australia's most infamous murder trials.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-12/chris-dawson-committal-hearing-hears-evidence-from-psychic/11957172"> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-12/chris-dawson-committal-hearing-hears-evidence-from-psychic/11957172</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:15:58</em> <div><strong>Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma</strong><br /> <br /> This week Michelle looks at <strong>"Ad Hominem"</strong>.<br /> <br /> 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.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:23:06</em> <div><strong>Beating Cancer?</strong><br /> <br /> The random discovery of a notice stapled to a telegraph pole has us doing a little bit of research into amazing health claims. Can a book for sale on Amazon really give you the secrets to beating every disease? Somehow we are skeptical.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Beating-Cancer-Disease-Naturally-getting/dp/1696783917/ref=nodl_"> https://www.amazon.com/Beating-Cancer-Disease-Naturally-getting/dp/1696783917/ref=nodl_</a><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/cancer-health-news-quackery/alkaline-nonsense"> https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/cancer-health-news-quack