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Episode 019

Evaluating The Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design? & The UFO Paradox Recorded on 08 Dec 2019: Topics Evaluating the Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design?, The UFO Paradox Segment 1: Evaluating the Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design? * Is the Whale Pelvis a Vestige of Evolution?, Fazale Rana, Reasons to Believe, 17 Nov 2014 https://www.reasons.org/explore/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/read/tnrtb/2014/11/18/is-the-whale-pelvis-a-vestige-of-evolution * Fazale Rana, Vice President of Research & Apologetics, Reasons to Believe https://www.reasons.org/about/fazale-rana * Sexual selection targets cetacean pelvic bones, JP Dines et al, Evolution. 2014;68(11):3296–3306. doi:10.1111/evo.12516 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213350/ * Whale sex: It’s all in the hips, ScienceDaily, 08 Sep 2014 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908121536.htm * Vestigiality, Wikipedia (accessed 07 Nov 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigiality * Sensitivity and specificity, Wikipedia (accessed 16 Nov 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity Segment 2: The UFO Paradox * UFO Researcher Explains Why She Sold ‘Exotic’ Metal to Tom DeLonge, MJ Banias, Vice, 14 Nov 2019 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwp9z/ufo-researcher-explains-why-she-sold-exotic-metal-to-tom-delonge * Navy Confirms Existence of ‘Unidentified’ Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage, Gina Martinez, Time, 18 Sep 2019 https://time.com/5680192/navy-confirms-ufo-videos-real/ * Docs Show Navy Got ‘UFO’ Patent Granted By Warning Of Similar Chinese Tech Advances, Brett Tingley & Tyler Rogoway, The Drive, The War Zone, 28 Jun 2019 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28729/docs-show-navy-got-ufo-patent-granted-by-warning-of-similar-chinese-tech-advances

Episode 019

Evaluating The Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design? & The UFO Paradox Recorded on 08 Dec 2019: Topics Evaluating the Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design?, The UFO Paradox Segment 1: Evaluating the Claim: Does the Whale Pelvis Support Intelligent Design? Is the Whale Pelvis a Vestige of Evolution?, Fazale Rana, […] The post Episode 019 [https://skepticheads.com/podcast/2019/e019-does-the-whale-pelvis-support-id-the-ufo-paradox/] appeared first on The Skeptic Heads [https://skepticheads.com].

Episode 018

The Straw Man Fallacy & The Simpsons Prophecies Recorded on 06 Oct 2019: Topics Critical Thinking: The Straw Man Fallacy, The Simpsons Prophecies Segment 1: Critical Thinking: The Straw Man Fallacy * Strawman, Wikipedia (accessed 04 Oct 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man * Fallacies, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 29 Jun 2019 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/ * Why the Straw Man Fallacy Is Everywhere Today, Daniel Lattier, Intellectual TakeOut, 08 Nov 2017 https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/why-straw-man-fallacy-everywhere-today * Strawmen, The Fallacy Files (accessed 04 Oct 2019) http://www.fallacyfiles.org/strawman.html * Two Forms of Strawman Argument, Robert Talisse & Scott Aikin, Argumentation, DOI 10.1007/s10503-006-9017-8, Springer 2006 https://www.academia.edu/654363/Two_Forms_of_the_Straw_Man * Straw Men, Weak Men, and Hollow Men, Scott Aikin & John Casey, Argumentation (2011) 25:87–105, DOI 10.1007/s10503-010-9199-y, Springer 2010 https://www.academia.edu/2609857/Straw_Men_Weak_Men_and_Hollow_Men * Nutpicking, Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly, 11 Aug 2006 https://washingtonmonthly.com/2006/08/11/nutpicking/ * Comment Trawling, Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly, 10 Aug 2006 https://washingtonmonthly.com/2006/08/10/comment-trawling/#938476%23938476 * Straw Man fallacy, Philosophy Terms (accessed 05 Oct 2019) https://philosophyterms.com/straw-man-fallacy/ * Topics (Aristotle), Wikipedia (accessed 05 Oct 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topics_(Aristotle) * Misperceptions, The Media, and the Iraq War, Steven Kull, PIPA Organization, 02 Oct 2003 https://web.stanford.edu/class/comm1a/readings/kull-misperceptions.pdf * Donald Trump says New York Times apologized for ‘bad coverage’ of him, Lauren Carroll, PolitiFact, 15 Nov 2016 https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-new-york-times-apologized-bad-co/ * To Our Readers, From the Publisher and Executive Editor, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Dan Baquet, New York Times, 13 Nov 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/elections/to-our-readers-from-the-publisher-and-executive-editor.html * fox news some people say, edgarlobb, YouTube, 03 Jun 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYXkM7460U * Fox News controversies, Wikipedia (accessed 05 Oct 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_controversies * The Most Egregious Straw Men of 2016, Cory Scarola, Inverse, 29 Dec 2016 https://www.inverse.com/article/25781-straw-men-arguments-politics-2016

Episode 018

The Straw Man Fallacy & The Simpsons Prophecies Recorded on 06 Oct 2019: Topics Critical Thinking: The Straw Man Fallacy, The Simpsons Prophecies Segment 1: Critical Thinking: The Straw Man Fallacy Strawman, Wikipedia (accessed 04 Oct 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man Fallacies, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 29 Jun 2019 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/ Why the Straw Man Fallacy Is Everywhere Today, […] The post Episode 018 [https://skepticheads.com/podcast/2019/episode-018/] appeared first on The Skeptic Heads [https://skepticheads.com].

Episode 017

Movie Review: Hail Satan? Recorded on 25 August 2019: Topics include movie review of “Hail Satan?” Segment 1: Hail Satan? Documentary Release Date: 17 April 2019 Director: Penny Lane Produced by: Hard Working Movies and Magnolia Productions Runtime: 95 mins Description: A look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple. * Hail Satan? (https://www.imdb.com/year/2019/?ref_=tt_ov_inf), IMDB (accessed 24 Aug 2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358044/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt * Ten Commandments, Wikipedia (accessed 24 Aug 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments * Code of Hammurabi, Wikipedia (accessed 24 Aug 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi * Is America A Christian Nation?, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (accessed 24 Aug 2019) https://www.au.org/resources/publications/is-america-a-christian-nation