Hunting Humbug 101

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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…Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0036.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for less than US$3 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

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An original episode where we looked at wishful thinking, with examples from Oprah and The Secret.Direct download:https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0029.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

An original episode where I interviewed a practicing psychic. I asked her to answer questions about paranormal phenomena and what the basis of her belief is. I was joined by Ben who I discuss this with – in terms of Thomas Gilovich’s book How We Know What Isn’t So – The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life.Direct download:https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0028.mp3 https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0028.oggThe Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode we discuss some approaches to talking to people as a skeptic.Readings from the book: Seekers after truthSocratic methodClips we discuss are:Politics with Michelle Grattan - Brian SchmidtSkeptics’ guide to the universeOther relevant stuff:Dunning-KrugerRussell Blackford’s post about the Sam Harris vs Bruce Schnier debateDirect download here: https://ia802506.us.archive.org/3/items/HH101/HH101e0027.mp3 The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode, previously recorded with my father Jef, in which we looked at Sanctimony. Clips from: South Park Seasion 10 Episode 2 - Smug Alert!Penn and Teller - WalmartHere’s the link to the direct download.The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode we look at the Single Cause fallacy.Clips from the episode:Education - external exams will “fix” all of Queensland’s supposed educational woes. http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2014/12/a-push-for-external-examination-for-queensland-students.html?site=brisbane&program=612Denial of a causeRep. Keith Ellison on "Morning Joe".http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2014/01/17/dem-rep-ellison-islamist-terrorismus-income-inequality-same-struggFreakanomics podcast, with Robert Pape:: http://freakonomics.com/2015/02/13/is-there-a-better-way-to-fight-terrorism-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/An in depth article about ISIS: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0025.mp3____________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode on Exaggerated Conflict.Here are the show notes from the original post.____________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode we look at Perfect Solution.The first example is looking at the use of technology in cricket for umpiring decisions.Audio of the cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/530928.html?genre=9The second example is about the flu vaccine: http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Health-News/flu-shot-risks-benefits/2013/06/14/id/510050/Here's the cdc information page about a the flu vaccine: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htmDirect download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0023.mp3__________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode on Browbeating. It was also our last look at the fallacies of Jenny McCarthy. We were totally sick of her. Other examples from Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Evil.Here’s a direct link to the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0022.mp3

In this episode we look at Weasel Words.Euphemisms Chaser Media circus - police using euphemisms:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhzU2x-EdADysphemismsBill Maher GM foods:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSw3fYnICc&app=desktopFrom some of our commentary on GM foods:Monsanto terminator seeds: http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/terminator-seeds.aspxTesting for allergic reactions: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/14/us/genetic-engineering-of-crops-can-spread-allergies-study-shows.htmlDirect download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0021.mp3 The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode on Stacking the Deck.Here's the link to the entire section of the interview that I used:http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GZcJ2zzvEwYHere's the link to the Time article on the Hannah Poling case - Case Study: Autism and Vaccines.Steven Novella's post on this case - Has the Government Conceded Vaccines Cause Autism?Stop Jenny McCarthyAnd the actual "Coalition of the Willing" - as opposed to Michael Moore's version...Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0020.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode we look at Unfounded GeneralisationThe clips for this episode come from QANDA episode Monday 10 November, 2014This is your Brain on Climate ChangeSome further reading:A review of Susan Greenfield’s book: http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/bell_10_14.php   A Ben Goldacre post from 2011: http://www.badscience.net/2011/11/why-wont-professor-greenfield-publish-this-theory-in-a-scientific-journal/Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0019.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this podcast we discuss the False Cause; Correlation Error. It’s the 1st pod in a series we did on the air head actress Jenny McCarthy and her fallacious views on autism. The "cut down" video podcast version: Here's the youtube link from where I obtained the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PLQIMW69cStop Jenny McCarthyDirect download of the podcast: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0018.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode on Ad Hominem.Show notes (stuff we mentioned that you might want to follow up, or not, whatever… totally up to you): Reading from the book (Ad Hominem)The master of vitriolic Ad Hominem and Browbeating - Gordon Ramsay - fromKitchen Nightmares (I think...)Reductio Ad Hitlerum and Goodwin’s LawAn example of likening a contemporary political leader to Hitler from people who’d been to see a talk by Al Gore organised by moveon.org (no points for guessing the leader of who I speak...) . This is obviously a case of cherry picking, but nonetheless…. Here's the youtube clip I used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOpOGJsLhU. (I also slipped in a bit of Monty Python here (Gumbies)Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the earwax incident (prior to being elected)Blackadder Goes Fourth - Captain CookThe evil brain teaser I mentionedDirect download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0017.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode Ben and I discuss Immunised Hypotheses: http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2013/01/immunised-hypothesis.htmlClips from:Derren Brown investigates: Ghost Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfDIveFQHg The Refining Reason Debate: Special Pleading fallacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJApqf0xaAA Phony Karate Master - No Touch KO Debunked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0_n7tGnK0 Also discussed, Kiai Master vs MMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0016.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This podcast is an original episode on Gibberish: http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2012/12/gibberish.htmlOne example we use is from Yes Prime Minister - The Smoke Screen.The other examples are from Richard Dawkins' Tanner Lectures. (The gibberish comes in the form of questions asked to Richard Dawkins.)Richard Dawkins - The Religion of Science - Part 2 - at about 31 minutes into the audio if you want to hear the original.Richard Dawkins - The Science of Religion - Part 2 - at about 11 minutes.Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0015.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

Bad faithhttp://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2013/01/bad-faith.html Dr OzDr Oz was forced to face a senate hearing into dietary supplements. Audio from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and somewhere else on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0wKeokWUU  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-Qpp5asSE  Defending Jo Hockey (sort of, not really)http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-13/shorten-seizes-on-hockeys-poor-people-dont-have-cars-comment/5668468 A careful and better analysis is looking at fuel expense as a proportion of income. And in a June 2014 submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the proposed excise rise, the Australian Automobile Association stated that: "Research indicates that the people who use their cars most frequently are in the outer metropolitan areas and  rural and regional areas where there are lower incomes, less jobs, and little or no access to public transport"To back this the treasurer produced Treasury figures showing that absolute spending on petrol is higher in high-income households, and showing that high-income households tend to have more cars.The same figures, expressed as a percentage of income, which is the obvious and accepted way of measuring the relative impact of a household cost, shows that households in the highest quintile spent 1.37% of their income on petrol and those in the lowest quintile spent 4.54%. In other words petrol eats up more than three times as much of an average poor household’s income than a rich household’s, because the rich household has 11 times the income from which to pay its petrol bill. So whatever its other merits, an increase in petrol excise will have a bigger impact on the poor household’s budget than the rich household’s, not the other way around. Which was already pretty obvious, really.Chiropractors and Simon Singh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8uPX-UAQA Other mentionsOatmeal and Ted Cruz on Net Neutralityhttp://theoatmeal.com/blog/net_neutralityRumsfeldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knownsDirect downloadhttps://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0014.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode on non-sequitursDirect download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0013.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is a combination of two original episodes. False dichotomy and dilemma, and then some feedback.These are the three examples we specifically speak about on the podcast:A super False Dilemma with the LHCCyclonic DilemmaLeft Wing and Right Wing - a False DichotomyDirect download of the MP3 here: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0012.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

In this episode we look a the naturalistic fallacy, both the “is-ought” problem and the appeal to nature. Direct link: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0010.mp3 Section 1: Reading from the bookSection 2: Appeal to natureThe “Food Babe”Wikipedia entry: Vani Hari, also known on her blog as the Food Babe, is an American blogger, known for her criticism of the food industry. She has gathered over 350,000 signatures via petitions pressuring food companies to remove ingredients from their products or change their production processes.[2][3] Companies including Kraft, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Subway, have changed or reconsidered ingredients in their products as a result of her campaigns.[4][5] Her work has in turn been criticized as pseudoscience.[2][6][7]Source of audio clips from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHjm8lbgc3I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7MrIZYLYtk The ingredients of an “all natural banana”: http://jameskennedymonash.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/ingredients-of-an-all-natural-banana/ Some excellent blog posts responding to the Food Babe’s scientific illiteracy:http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/eating-yoga-mats/ http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/omg-the-chemicalz/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/vani-hari-a-k-a-the-food-babe-the-jenny-mccarthy-of-food/ The Food Babe defends her lack of scientific training: http://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2014/06/14/why_big_food_fears_the_food_babe.html Hari says she doesn’t need scientific degrees to be intellectually honest and know how to research. As a teenager, she was a nationally-ranked debater, who spent summers in the Dartmouth College library researching topics, she says.Section 3: The “Is-Ought” problemFrom “Creation Today” If evolution is true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv0UmnWXqQY Ken Buck: being gay "a choice," birth an "influence" like "alcoholism"From “Meet the press” 10/17/2010.Kenneth R. "Ken" Buck is the District Attorney for Weld County, Colorado, and is a candidate for the 4th District U.S. Congressional seat in Colorado.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyCkBaCfisFeedback, ideas, suggestions or comments: theo.clark@skepticsfieldguide.net or @theojclark on twitter.___________________________You can buy a copy of the eBook for about $4. Check out the website www.skepticsfieldguide.net for a free version of the first edition and direct links to Amazon Kindle, Google Play, or LULU. Please leave a review on Amazon, or Good reads etc. if you can, and leave a review or rating on iTunes. That really helps.

Not a full episode. A response to feedback as a test for recording via google hangouts on air.Back with a full episode next week.Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0011.mp3

This is an episode from the original run of the podcast. It looks at Moving the goalposts and Red herrings.Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0009.mp3

Misuse of statistics_________________Clip from original episodeA bit from the classic British show, Yes Prime Minister._________________Apple WWDC keynote Apple CEO Tim Cook at this year’s World Wide Developers Conference Keynote. He points out that Apple has an install base of 80 Million Macs.Based on NetMarketShare data, as of May 2014, Windows 8 can be found on about 14 percent of all PCs currently running Windows. But with an overall market share of about 1.5 billion, Windows PCs represent nearly 91 percent of all computers in use worldwide. In simple terms, that means that Windows 8, widely considered a “failure” by critics and competitors, is in use on about 210 million PCs worldwide. That’s more than 5 times the install base of Mavericks, and more than 2.5 times the install base of every Mac currently in use. (Source: http://www.tekrevue.com/windows-8-outpaces-os-x-mavericks/)This also ignores other points of difference. Windows 8 is a major update that pretty much people only get with new machines and have to pay for. Maveriicks is a minor free upgrade by comparison.Full keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87fOAG8fjk_________________Andrew Bolt and climate contrarians Analysis of this factoid:http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/andrew-bolt-damned-statistics-and-climate-change-41323 http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/andrew-bolt-trends-towards-dodgy-graphs.html http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998-intermediate.htm Original Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDfwkr8hig_________________Misunderstanding of probability_________________Sally Clark wrongful conviction From a Ted Talk by Peter Donnelly. http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries# Background - Wikipedia on Sally Clark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark_________________Evolution and spontaneous beginning of lifeFrom URCall.org, a community of Christians sharing their ideas about the relationship between faith and science.Original Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-0AksTzfx0Fred Hoyle's junkyard tornado: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_tornado_________________Book I’m part of the way through reading: How to not be wrong: http://www.jordanellenberg.com/how-not-to-be-wrong/Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0008.mp3_________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This is an original episode, however I have cut some of it out to add to the next episode.This episode is going to focus on the misuse of science information.The next episode will be on the misuse and misunderstanding of statistics. It will be a new one with Ben, but include some of the original episode on misuse of information - about statistics.Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0007.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

As with the previous episode, this is partially based on my presentation at Brisbane SkeptiCamp 2014Clips and information from this episode can be found here: http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2011/11/three-ways-of-examining-brain-or-any_26.htmlA focus of this podcast was on the argument from imagination.The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This episode is partially based on my presentation at Brisbane SkeptiCamp 2014Clips and information from this episode can be found here:http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2011/11/three-ways-of-examining-brain-or-any.html http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2011/12/three-ways-of-examining-brain-claims.htmlDirect download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0005.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

This episode looks false analogy.This is an episode from the original run of the podcast. It also includes a newly recorded part looking at the Australian Prime Minister's recent trouble when trying to explain the tough new federal budget cuts using an analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMbfdW3HVREDirect download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0004.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

Show notesIn this episode we look at false balance.We discussed the Dunning-Kruger effect with some Dunning-Kruger like accuracy (we got the vibe of it right). Check out the original paper here: https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~suh/metacognition.pdfClips looked at:Anti-immunisation false balance - GWN7 News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3lai8RUQ3k John Oliver Last Week Tonight on climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg I was interviewed on The Skeptic Zone: http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-294-8june2014Penn & Teller’s Bullshit episode on vaccines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcOz4EKrxgSome other good commentary about false balanceRachel Dunlop on AntiVaxers: Anti-vaccination activists should not be given a say in the media (The Guardian)Media watch: False Balance Leads to Confusion Peter Bowditch on false balance____________________________________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooks LULU (DRM free ePub)Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0003.mp3

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 fallacies and critical thinking and why we were moved to write a book on fallacies.Here's the link to the post most of this discussion is based around - Fallacy.The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play LULU (DRM free ePub)Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0002.mp3

This episode looks at the fallacy of appealing to tradition. Reading from the book: www.skepticsfieldguide.net/p/ebookNHMRC draft Information Paper: Evidence on the effectiveness of homeopathy for treating health conditions: http://consultations.nhmrc.gov.au/public_consultations/homeopathy_healthAustralian Homeopath Anna Lamaro on The Project. Audio courtesy of the Skeptic Zone podcast: http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/webpage/2014/04 Anna on ABC Breakfast: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-09/ana-lamaro-australian-homeopathic-association-on-news-breakfast/5378632Greg Hope - President of the Australian Homeopathic Association - on ABC radio: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s3981552.htmMore of Anna on The ProjectThe BBC Horizon documentary "BBC Horizon - Homeopathy The Test": http://youtu.be/vcBHKMJDHaU Clip to analyse for Episode 3: http://youtu.be/LW7Id4GUzhUThe Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from:Amazon (Kindle)Google Play LULU (DRM free ePub)Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0001.mp3 (18 mb)