Hunting Humbug 101

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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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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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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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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