The Skeptic Zone #625 - 4.October.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>0:04:32</em> <div><strong>The Raw Skeptic Report. With Heidi Robertson.</strong><br /> <br /> Interview with <strong>Brian Deer</strong>, a British investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine and social issues for The Sunday Times. Deer's investigative nonfiction book, <strong>The Doctor Who Fooled the World</strong>, was published in September 2020 by Johns Hopkins University Press.<br /> <br /> <strong>Part #1</strong> - An overview of the original Wakefild paper, how the children in the study were recruited, the $100 million dollar lawsuit and how the diagnosis of some of the children was changed to suit the end goal.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://briandeer.com/">https://briandeer.com</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:26:45</em> <div><strong>Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma</strong><br /> <br /> This week Michelle looks at <strong>"Poisoning the Well"</strong>.<br /> <br /> Also known as smear tactics, this is when you try to discredit your opponent, or an institution, especially in the mind of others, before even entering into a debate or conversation.<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>0:33:45</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong> <p>What Goes Around - Trials by Fire.</p> <p><a href= "http://www.skeptics.com.au/">http://www.skeptics.com.au</a></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign