Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0005: Factoid propagation - brain claims:

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0005: Factoid propagation - brain claims:: This episode is partially based on my presentation at Brisbane SkeptiCamp 2014 Clips and information from this episode can be found here:...

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0004: False Analogy (Original Episode with...

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0004: False Analogy (Original Episode with...: This episode looks false analogy . This is an episode from the original run of the podcast. It also includes a newly recorded part lookin... The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:

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Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0002: What is Humbug! (Original Episode)

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0002: What is Humbug! (Original Episode): This was the first episode in the original run of Hunting Humbug 101. In it we (my Father Jef and I) discuss the general idea of fallacie...

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Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0002.mp3

Interview on the Skeptic Zone podcast

I was lucky enough to be interviewed in this week's Skeptic Zone podcast by Australian Skeptics' President Richard Saunders.  We chat about the second edition of Humbug! and some of the most common fallacies we run across.

You can (and should) subscribe to the Skeptic Zone podcast at skepticzone.tv. 

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0001: Homeopathy - appealing to tradition

Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 0001: Homeopathy - appealing to tradition: This episode looks at the fallacy of appealing to tradition .  Reading from the book: www.skepticsfieldguide.net/p/ebook NHMRC draft ...

Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 36 - False Attribution

In this podcast we take a look at the fallacy False Attribution. Specific examples include taking a scientist out of context, and deliberately creating a false news report.

The ABC’s Media Watch explains this example in full detail and can be found here - deception detection fallacy.

We also discuss the ‘Ultimate False Attribution‘.

http://www.archive.org/download/HuntingHumbug101Episode1-WhatIsHumbug/03Tutorial03_FalseAnalogy.mp3

Podcast - Episode 35 - The Best of Jef

This belated podcast is a ‘best of’ of sorts, that is dedicated to my co-host, coauthor and most significantly, father, Jef Clark. Dad has been fighting his second battle with cancer over the last 6 months. He passed away this weekend. He was 61. I love you mate. You’ll always be with me and all of us.

In the podcast I mention Dad’s writing for the Australian Skeptic. You can read his articles here: http://www.skeptics.com.au/publications/magazine/

See issues: 23.4 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24. 4 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 27.2 | 27.3

http://www.archive.org/download/HuntingHumbug101Episode1-WhatIsHumbug/35Episode35-TheBestOfJef.mp3

Podcast - Tutorial 34: Psychoanalysing Tool

It’s been a while, but we’re finally back with another, albeit short, episode. Courtesy of Dr Phil - we have a couple of fallacies for you to test yourself on.

Listen Now: https://ia802506.us.archive.org/3/items/HH101/HH101e0047.mp3

An interview on Righteous Indignation Podcast

I was recently the subject of an interview, all about, you guessed it, fallacies. It was for Righteous Indignation Podcast, the official podcast of www.BadPsychics.co.uk. You can download / listen here:

• http://parafort.com/ri/?p=285

Many thanks to Trystan and Michael for the entertaining time I had with them chatting via Skype. Also many thanks for not discussing the cricket. We recorded the interview during the 4th test, when Australia were giving England a thorough thumping. I may have gloated about this at some stage during the recording.... Not that I believe in karma, but England since went on and won the Ashes and I'd have looked a right git if they'd left this in the interview.  

Check out the other episodes of Righteous Indignation - they've had some other great guests.

Podcast - Tutorial 33 - False Compromise and False Balance

https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0046.mp3 

Examples discussed: Verizon Math Fail and Dara O'Brien's great stand up bit.

Head to the website for other examples of False Compromise.

Verizon Math

Dara O'Brien

Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 32 - Impugning motives and poisoning the well

9-11 was an inside Job so Bush could start the war in Iraq for the oil and Hitler’s ideas came out of 

Darwinism… are examples of Impugning Motives and Poisoning the Well (respectively).

https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0045.mp3 

Examples courtesy of

The Onion:

and an arse clown:

Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Episode 31 - Change your mind?

Are you a closed-minded naysayer? Probably not - but there’s a reasonable chance you might be accused of being one if you identify yourself as a skeptic. “Prove” you’re open-minded by coming up with a list major changes of position you have made in the past. That way when someone says you’re closed-minded - you’ll be able to respond with specific examples of things you’ve changed your mind about. That’ll learn ‘em one.

In this podcast we (Jef, my old mate Ben, and me) discuss things we’ve changed our minds about and why. We also discuss some of thinking strategies behind these decisions - specifically Occam’s razor, Hume’s razor and Playing the devil’s advocate.

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Podcast: Hunting Humbug 101 Episode 30 - MindBodyWallet

Not the usual podcast on fallacies - but there was plenty of humbug to be hunted during our family outing to the “MindBodySpirit Festival”.

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Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 29 - Slippery Slope

If we don’t take a stand against people using the Slippery Slope - the world will implode under the weight of inanity. Also, check out my interview on The Skeptic Zone, and here’s my article about inductive reasoning.

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Skeptic Zone Interview

I've just had the pleasure of being interviewed by Richard Saunders of the Skeptic Zone podcast (and skeptical judge on "The One" - Australia's Top Cold Reader Psychic TV show). It's show 36 - check it out.

Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 28 - Argument by Slogan

The Argument by Slogan, or “sloganeering”, or “staying on message”, dominates contemporary political discourse. Various clips used, including some of the audio from the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) show Q&A - Episode “Beyond Spin”.

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Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 27 - Argument by Artifice and Bad Faith

In our most self-indulgent podcast since Special Pleading we discuss Argument by Artifice and Bad Faith. Examples from Liar Liar, and posts linked to from the links above. Oh, and here's Jef's article on Bad Faith.

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Podcast - Hunting Humbug 101: Tutorial 26 - Begging the Question

Begging the question is a type of circular argument that all should be familiar with, because then everyone would know about using the premise of an argument as the conclusion.

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Podcast: Tutorial 24 - Moral Equivalence

Oops... I uploaded the podcast on Tuesday and forgot to post it here.

This podcast is on Moral Equivalence.  Clips used are from Penn and Teller's Bullsh!t - the episode about PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and the documentary Manufacturing Dissent.

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Podcast: Tutorial 23 - Special Pleading

All enlightened critical thinkers agree, this is the best podcast on fallacies going around. And this episode on Special Pleading is one of the best we’ve produced to date. If you disagree, it’s because you don’t have the kind of cognition and sensibility required to recognise quality. It could also be because of the environment in which you are listening to it, the type of music player you are using and/or your headphones. If you had decent equipment and were in a place that allowed you to concentrate properly, you’d no doubt agree with me…

Be warned, I had issues mixing with Audacity - there are some “off air” sections that I should have edited out, and some other “crapping on” that normally I would have trimmed for the sake of brevity. By the time I realised this (on “proof listening”) it would have meant almost starting from scratch, which I couldn’t be arsed to do. 

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