Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
A news story that was printed in the New Humanist back in May/June 2008 has been revived in The Times today. It’s not exactly a ‘catching up’, but I’d say it’s a revisit to how rationalists in India continue to challenge superstitious and claims by gurus. Sanal Edamaruku wrote about Death on air — the [...]
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An article on the Global Atheist Convention is now winging its way to feature on the Curiouser and Curiouser column on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Website! Big thanks to Mike Rotkowitz for this shot! Right, back to work – Token Skeptic episode out tonight (despite my awful-sounding voice, horrid cold) called ‘On Women and [...]
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Yes, that’s me standing next to him – and yes, I knew it was misquoted. Good to have visual evidence. Full post at Young Australian Skeptics: Reporting on the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, Barney Zwartz & Jacqueline Maley, in their respective articles “Dawkins delivers the sermon they came to hear” (The Age, 15/3/10) and “Dawkins [...]
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Happy St Patrick’s day – if you want to check out the St Patrick’s Day luck superstitions, read my post from last year: Luck Of The Irish And Other Reasons To Avoid The Pub Today. Firstly, head over to the ‘I Am A Skeptic’ banners over at Skeptic.com! You may notice that four women and [...]
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I started writing this in response to a comment on one of the posts, and then realised that perhaps I should turn it into a fully-fledged blog entry. I’d like to point out that I don’t intend to keep writing about the convention for much longer, but this is an aspect that does interest me [...]
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“And no, we didn’t all agree on everything. But we were all open to rational debate.” I should point out – the ratio at the Global Atheist Convention was nine women, fourteen men – both Stuart Bechman and I shared the MC duties. The Age – Atheism is a Broad Church There weren’t enough women [...]
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A few people have been asking about this.
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…additional fond memories – being compared to the ‘Goddess Kali’ by Taslima Nasrin because of all the skull-themed clothing I wore and Dawkins cheekily scolding me for ‘laughing at him’ as he watched a YouTube video of one of his young fan’s adoration. As for comments about my presentation? People overwhelmingly so far have said [...]
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