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Jun 27th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
If we don’t take a stand against people using the Slippery Slope - the world will implode under the weight of inanity. Check out my interview on The Skeptic Zone. Here’s my article about inductive reasoning.
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Jun 12th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
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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May 26th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
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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May 14th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
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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Apr 21st, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
Finally it’s done. Sorry for the delay. Normally we record on the weekend but we were unable to this weekend and I have had a very busy week. Sorry again.
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Apr 7th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
OMG! It took me over 3hrs to upload this 16MB file! Something wrong at my pod provider’s end I think. Anyway, enough of that. This podcast is on Moral Equivalence. Head to the website www.skepticsfieldguide.net for more details.
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Mar 24th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
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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Mar 13th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
In this “special edition” of Hunting Humbug 101 we bring you the 107th Skeptics’ Circle. Head to the website to find the links to the blog posts we discuss.
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Mar 10th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
Factoid propagations can be harmless (like the Stella awards) and harmful (like the MMR Autism fraud/hoax). Head to the website for full notes. www.skepticsfieldguide.net.
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Feb 24th, 2009 by huntinghumbug101
The Burden of Proof fallacy is the entire “argument” employed in the advocacy of intelligent design - which is the first example we look at. I interview Sandra Quincey about her win in the retraction of the “Sex Magnet”. How did she do this? By correctly employing the burden of proof. We also start a semi-new segment “spot that fallacy”, based on the non sequiturist Jeni Barnett. Head the website www.skepticsfieldguide.net for full show notes.
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