Comments on: Live Blogging At The ‘Where Do We Go From Here’ Panel At Dragon*Con http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/ Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/comment-page-1/#comment-33877 podblack Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:08:15 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=877#comment-33877 Yes - I'll be doing this again. And isn't it interesting that Loxton went on to create the '105 Things for Skeptical Activism', just like AndyD suggested? :D Yes – I’ll be doing this again. And isn’t it interesting that Loxton went on to create the ’105 Things for Skeptical Activism’, just like AndyD suggested? :D

]]> By: Lee http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/comment-page-1/#comment-11706 Lee Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:37:31 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=877#comment-11706 This was great! Will you be going along this year? This was great! Will you be going along this year?

]]> By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 podblack Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:35:53 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=877#comment-1620 The audio of this particular session is now out on Skepticality. The audio of this particular session is now out on Skepticality.

]]> By: AndyD http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 AndyD Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:22:25 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=877#comment-1399 Geez, my typing is crap! Geez, my typing is crap!

]]> By: AndyD http://podblack.com/2008/09/live-blogging-at-the-where-do-we-go-from-here-panel-at-dragoncon/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 AndyD Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:21:45 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=877#comment-1398 As a newcomer to public skepticism, I'm thinking there needs to be a little more hand-holding. Just basic advice on good ways to skepticificise-icate (or whatever the verb from of skepticism is) so more people feel comfortable "spreading the word". I'm especially interested in the legal aspects/ramifications of criticising and debunking. I've asked at JREF but responses weren't especially helpful. eg. It's easy to assume that since there are so many videos out there saying all manner of things about individual "psychics" that they are fair game and safe territory. Instinct tells me this is unlikely to be a safe assumption so I fuss about what I say on my blog and what I post to Youtube (hence one video so far - and that one worries me) and I hope that using ridicule and cartoons as my main approach that no one will really take too much offence but the message still gets through (How do you condemn an industry without upsetting the practitioners and believers in it?). I guess what I'm saying is that it would be good if people who've being at the game for some time could shed light on their experiences and knowledge in the art of public skepticism. Obviously and Australian viewpoint would be especially useful to Aussies. As a newcomer to public skepticism, I’m thinking there needs to be a little more hand-holding. Just basic advice on good ways to skepticificise-icate (or whatever the verb from of skepticism is) so more people feel comfortable “spreading the word”.

I’m especially interested in the legal aspects/ramifications of criticising and debunking. I’ve asked at JREF but responses weren’t especially helpful.

eg. It’s easy to assume that since there are so many videos out there saying all manner of things about individual “psychics” that they are fair game and safe territory. Instinct tells me this is unlikely to be a safe assumption so I fuss about what I say on my blog and what I post to Youtube (hence one video so far – and that one worries me) and I hope that using ridicule and cartoons as my main approach that no one will really take too much offence but the message still gets through (How do you condemn an industry without upsetting the practitioners and believers in it?).

I guess what I’m saying is that it would be good if people who’ve being at the game for some time could shed light on their experiences and knowledge in the art of public skepticism. Obviously and Australian viewpoint would be especially useful to Aussies.

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