The Skeptic Zone #627 - 18.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>0:05:02</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 #3</strong> - Brain tells us of the impact of Wakefield's work on vaccination rates, the other authors of the original paper and the link to Elle Macpherson.<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>0:16:33</em> <div><strong>Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma</strong><br /> <br /> This week Michelle looks at <strong>"Weasel Words"</strong>.<br /> <br /> These are words for phrases that seem to point in one direction or give a certain impression, but in reality are often meaningless or even misleading.<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>0:24:02</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> Another reading from the pages of 'The Skeptic' from Australian Skeptics Inc.<br /> <br /> This week Wishful Thinking, Risky Business, Gambling and more.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.skeptics.com.au/">https://www.skeptics.com.au</