The Skeptic Zone #601 - 19.April.2020

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:00:00</em> <div><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Richard Saunders & Celestia Ward</strong><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.2headsstudios.com/"><strong>https://www.2headsstudios.com</strong></a><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/"><strong>https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com</strong></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:09:24</em> <div> <p><strong>Homeopaths Caught Out.... Again!</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Michael Marshall from the Good Thinking Society</strong><br /> <br /> Marsh talks about the philosophy behind his podcast, 'Be Reasonable' that invites believers to have their say. Also the investigations of the Good Thinking Society into the claims being made by UK Homeopaths about treatment for <span style= "color: #ff0000;"><strong>COVID-19</strong></span>. Also Skeptics in the Pub online.<br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/"><strong>http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts</strong></a></p> <p><strong><a href= "https://www.twitch.tv/sitp">https://www.twitch.tv/sitp</a></strong></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:30:19</em> <div><strong>Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma</strong><br /> <br /> This week Michelle looks at <strong>"Special Pleading"</strong>.<br /> <br /> This is when instead of admitting your point of view or argument is wrong, you try and find a loop-hole that gives you an ‘out’ and saves you from defeat. It is also when a person makes an exception to a universal principle because they are holding on tight to a belief that doesn’t align with that principle.<br /> <br /> A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing