The Skeptic Zone #723 - 14.August.2022

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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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Interview with Jon Guy

Put simply, Think Straight is an owner's manual for the human brain. Drawing from the vast history of scientific and cognitive research, this book is a tour de force through the science and philosophy of the human mind, and what it means to think as a rational human being in the 21st century.

https://twitter.com/SkepticJonGuy

https://www.amazon.com/Think-Straight-Owners-Manual-Mind/dp/1633887979

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The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

Tim and Richard talk about the Bent Spoon Award from Australian Skeptics. Nominations are now open for 2022.

https://www.skeptics.com.au/about/activities/bent-spoon/

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Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au

0:33:36

Jim Wilshire - Skeptical Poem

Bachelor of Seance

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A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Prof. Ray Hyman.

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

• 1993, Secrets of the Psychics - NOVA PBS https://youtu.be/41hJ6DY8xLI?t=1427
• 1988, 4th February - The Alton Telegraph
• 1995, 24th October - Arlington Heights News - Daily Herald
• 1994, 4th December - The Brazosport Facts - Texas