Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Dear fellow skeptics, scientists and concerned citizens, Vaccination Facts – A Response To Meryl Dorey And The AVN At Perth’s State Library I don’t know if you’ve been following the case of the Australian Vaccination Network in Australia, but they are an anti-vaccination group who have been extremely proactive in promoting pseudoscience in the Eastern [...]
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Firstly, I’d like to confess to blatantly taking a question off a Facebook page that was not meant for me – as you can tell by the picture! While I’ve written to the person, and thankfully they were open to hearing my views, it just so happens to be the kind of issue that I’ve [...]
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If you are here due to PZ Myers linking to this site and are in Perth – the Perth Skeptics Meetup are planning to attend. Contact me via the comments on this blog-post. THIS LECTURE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, 1st June at the Library. The State Library does not make any judgment about individuals, groups [...]
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Token Skeptic #6 – On Trial By Ordeal – Witch-Hunting And Superstition Yes, it includes some audio references to Monty Python’s ‘Holy Grail’ film. No, the majority of the podcast episode is not amusing and in fact deals with the ongoing issues of torture due to the belief that witches and that confession through trials [...]
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A great song by the band ‘Yes’! Trebuchet, George Hrab’s new album, should be out later this year. By the way — the T-shirt he is wearing was designed by Rikki B, a Perth local who works in advertising! Her pro-science jewelry can be found at www.etsy.com/shop/RikkiB. She was interviewed by me in Episode #56 [...]
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I was sent a link earlier today to a news article, which claimed the following: Australian doctors are considering a controversial form of genital mutilation on baby girls — News.com: The practice involving cutting a girl’s genitals, sometimes with razors or pieces of glass, could be allowed in a clinical setting to stem illegal backyard [...]
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Here’s the first three of six! Psychic skeptic presentation by Karen Stollznow at the SkeptiCAL conference on April 24th, 2010.
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Well, the second-to-last time I blogged about Towel Day and Douglas Adams, it was about a favourite book of mine: Last Chance To See. Before that, it was Labyrinth: The Computer Game (which is quite an adventure itself, but in a different way!). Nearly a year later? I get to interview the man who followed [...]
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