The Skeptic Zone #647 - 7.March.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>0:03:06</em> <div><strong>You Can Count on Adrienne with Adrienne Hill</strong><br /> <br /> <em>A new segment for The Skeptic Zone.</em><br /> <br /> <strong>Do bad things really happen in 3s?</strong><br /> <br /> Adrienne looks at some of the psychology about this "bad things" myth and finds how easy it is for people to come to believe there might be something in it, even something mystical.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:11:40</em> <div><strong>Alert on Anti-Vaxxers</strong><br /> <br /> Police are making a list of anti-vax protesters with concerns that they could target storage facilities. A Joint Intelligence Group, made of members from the AFP, Australian Security Intelligence Information, Australian Border Force and state police forces has also been set up by the Department of Home Affairs. It will be staffed around the clock and act as a central hub for information on the anti-vaccination movement and vaccine security. - <em>by Sarah Sharples, reported at news.com.au</em></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:15:48</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim with Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> Another reading from the pages of 'The Skeptic' from Australian Skeptics Inc.<br /> <br /> This week Tim looks at planets, days, dates and death. And so it goes, the almost inevitable realisation that all knowledge is connected and connectable.<br /> <a href="https://www.skeptics.com.au/"><br /> https://www.skeptics.com.au</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /><