The Skeptic Zone #764 - 28.May.2023

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <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>0:02:22</em> <div><strong>Dinosaurs in San Francisco</strong><br /> <br /> Join Dr Eugenie Scott and Richard Saunders as they inspect a new exibition of Sauropod Dinosaurs at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.<br /> <br /> The largest land animals that ever lived have arrived at the Academy! Get ready for a hot sauropod summer with life-size dinosaur models, hands-on interactives, and programs for junior paleontologists.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/the-worlds-largest-dinosaurs">https://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/the-worlds-largest-dinosaurs</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:13:36</em> <div><strong>Susan Gerbic in Berkeley</strong><br /> <br /> Susan tells us of her YouTube series investigating so-called "Grief Vampires", otherwise known as con artists claiming to be able to contact the dead.<br /> <br /> Psychics Explained - Grief Vampire Edition<br /> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@PsychicsExplained">https://www.youtube.com/@PsychicsExplained</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:25:58</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> Mass Hysteria <em>By Dr. Allen Christophers</em><br /> <br /> Students of the paranormal are familiar with claims of miraculous cures of disease where the improvement in condition is brought about by suggestion on the part of the healer. The other side of the coin is the situation where diseases are generated by a process of sugges- tion.<br /> <br /> A reading fr