The Skeptic Zone #640 - 17.January.2021

<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 /> Richard Saunders</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:03:20</em> <div><strong>Society of Homeopaths in Hot Water</strong><br /> <br /> From 'The Good Thinking Society'. Professional Standards Authority suspends the Society of Homeopaths (UK). The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) announced it had suspended the accreditation of the Society of Homeopaths (SoH). - <em>Read by Lara Benham</em><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://goodthinkingsociety.org/">https://goodthinkingsociety.org</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:09:24</em> <div><strong>Logical Fallacies with Michelle Bijkersma</strong><br /> <br /> This week Michelle looks at <strong>"Red Herring"</strong>.<br /> <br /> This is when someone gives irrelevant information in an attempt to distract you from a topic at hand, often to avoid a question or shift the discussion in a new direction.<br /> <br /> A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:16:00</em> <div><strong>Typewriter Time - Dialup Astrology</strong><br /> <br /> We discover that Richard Saunders and Maynard have started a new age Astrology service. What advice can they offer Annika Harrison from the European Skeptics Podcast?</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:25:07</em> <div><strong>Australian Skeptics Newsletter</strong><br /> <br /> What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?<br /> <br /> <a href= "htt