The Skeptic Zone #701 - 13.March.2022

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:32 Former TV Celebrity Chef Blunders Again Trolls are hijacking the death of 52-year-old Australian cricket legend Shane Warne to spread wild conspiracy theories. Report of the strange actions by Bent Spoon winner, Pete Evans. https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/antivaxxer-trolls-hijack-shane-warnes-death/news-story/c1b84e32411c5ed37f34c2f12a72274f 0:12:22 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:26:40 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham The Dunning-Kruger effect is the cognitive bias whereby people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 38 No. 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:33:52 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "UFOs Paranormal Psychics". http://www.trove.nla.gov.au