Episode 45: It's not about being right
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What is critical thinking?
*NB: There's a few cuss words in this episode.
We made a movie!
You should really watch this. Because we made it. ?
- 'Healthy Thinking' by Strange Attractor (Vimeo, Grovefest)
- 'Healthy Thinking' by Strange Attractor (YouTube)
Show notes
- The Skeptics' guide to the Universe podcast (SGU)
- What is critical thinking? (Foundation for Critical Thinking)
- Critical thinking guide (UNSW)
- Health News Review
- What is confirmation bias? (The Skeptic's Dictionary)
- Confirmation bias in science: How to avoid it (arstechnica)
- What is the difference between 'facts' & 'opinions'? (Big Think)
- Is iTunes’ shuffle mode truly random? (lifewire)
- Vaccines & autism (Science-based Medicine)
- Climate change: How do we know? (NASA, Global Climate Change)
- Feeling stuck in your social media bubble? Here’s the latest in a growing class of apps designed to help (The Washington Post)
- How to escape your political bubble for a clearer view (The New York Times)
- The Flat Earth Society
- Overview of homeopathy (Science-based Medicine)
- Understanding science (University of California, Berkeley)
- What is science? (University of California, Berkeley)
- What is the scientific method? (University of California, Berkeley)
- How do you know if a research study is any good? (Elsevier)
- Convince me: How strong is the evidence? (University of California, Berkeley)
- Scientific evidence: What is it & how can we trust it? (The Conversation)
- Clever Hans: The horse that people thought could do maths (Wikipedia)
- Why looking at the sun can make you sneeze (PBS News Hour)
- Storm: An animation of Tim Minchin's beat poem about science & reason (YouTube)
- Cherry picking science (Huff Post)
- Vaccine study's author held related patent, medical journal reports (CNN)
- The crash & burn of an autism guru (The New York Times Magazine)
- How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed (The BMJ)
- Exposed: Andrew Wakefield & the MMR-autism fraud (Brian Deer)
- Malaria kills around 3,000 children per day (UNICEF)
- From a tree: A 'miracle' called aspirin (CNN)
- Is it chemical free? (John Noble)
- Traditional Chinese medicine isn't so ancient (Curiosity)
- Deepak Chopra
- Pete Evans
- Pete Evans (Facebook)
- Blocked By Pete Evans (Facebook)
- The 5 rules of success for highly effective lifestyle gurus (Vox)
- Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
Links from the movie's credits
- Dr Karl Kruszelnicki & Professor Clare Collins on the paleo diet (YouTube)
- TED talk by Christina Warinner, Archaeological Scientist & expert on ancient diets, outlining the current evidence for what paleolithic people actually ate (YouTube)
- Dietitian's Association Australia open letter to Channel 7 regarding their ‘Paleo Challenge’ episode (Yahoo)
- Dr Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, on fluoride (Australia's Science Channel)
- NSW Health water fluoridation Q&A report (NSW Health)
- Osteoporosis Australia respond to Pete Evans on calcium & dairy (OA)
- Cancer Council Australia on nanoparticles in sunscreen (CCA)
- Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, information about autism spectrum disorders (OTARC)
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