Steve Davis
The Frankenfish Fallacy: How interest groups suck us in
Have you seen in Facebook recently, the links to a petition entitled, Stop The Frankenfish Attack? It is worth a read if you want to study propaganda creation. There are so many underhanded communication tricks and so much misinformation that we should…
The car washing causes rain fallacy: Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Have you ever thought about washing your car and then seen that it is about to rain? Recently, one of my sisters popped over and mentioned how typical it was that it was about to rain because she had just…
An library of skeptical enquiry
The most attractive thing I find about being part of the skeptical movement, is the unquenchable sense of curiosity that inspires skeptics to understand the ‘reason’ behind various claims and beliefs. I am also greatly attracted by the focus on…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday January 6 2013
Another year lies ahead of us, so tonight’s websites are all destined, so to speak, to guide us through this year with aplomb. We will look at how to get organised from a ‘housewife’s’ perspective, how to sort good science…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday December 2 2012
To sleep, perchance to dream. Yes, this month’s Online Insights on FIVEaa with Sean Perry and Steve Davis begins with dreams and then moves into shoes that are ‘lost proof’, we then ponder the pests of Xmas before finishing with…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday November 4 2012
We do a little IT trick to spread your wireless connection farther, duck our heads, and then get ready for a feast of the revolting and the delicious. Waiter, waiter, there’s a fly in my food This weekend has been…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday October 7 2012
This month we’ll go out of this world, contemplate leaving this world, explore being cartoon characters, and investigate just how much luck ‘lucky people’ have. Go Animate Go Animate is a cartoon-making service with plenty of free options and some…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday September 2 2012
Tonight on Online Insights we commemorate the passing of Neil Armstrong by looking at a great moon myth, look at another use of human technology – the nuclear bomb, look deeply into the Facebook mirror and then finish with a…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday August 5 2012
Amid all the Olympics coverage, we will persevere with some non-Olympics material again this month, including sites that can capture childhood in a novel way, teach you how to have gourmet coffee in the middle of nowhere, raise awareness about…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday July 8 2012
This month on online insights we look at latest detailed statistics on who is using social media in Australia, privacy on social media demonstrated a new way, remind you of a computer test you must run tonight, and we’ll finish…