Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I’ve met him! He was at the Global Atheist Convention and threw me a toy in the audience — and I still have no idea how he did the trick up on stage where he guessed my husband’s name. :p He still doesn’t follow me on Twitter though — oi, Simon, say hello, we’ll both [...]
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TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!!
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s struggle was one of the many examples used in my classes this year in regards to human rights and justice. As one of the founders of the National League for Democracy and the winner of the 1990 general election, she was held for 15 years due to her political activities and [...]
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On Nov 10, 2010, bloggers around the world posted a message requesting other bloggers and readers to sign up to libel reform at www.libelreform.org/sign — you can read this post here: This week is the first anniversary of the report Free Speech is Not for Sale, which highlighted the oppressive nature of English libel law. [...]
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WAAHHH It’s on The Guardian website as a guest post! Absolutely thrilled to see the company I’m keeping – Leslie Cannold also has an article online! ‘Abortion is about balancing rights – religious medics don’t get the final say’. Do check it out! Many, many thanks to Martin Robbins and to Warren Bonett who made [...]
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So, this has just been announced on the Meetup site for TAM Australia: “Dr Karl to smash Guinness World Record in Sydney in November. Australia’s best loved scientist Dr Karl Kruzselnicki will make history on Friday 26 November, when he challenges magician David Copperfield’s record for the world’s largest magic lesson by teaching nearly 300 [...]
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I’ve been attempting to find the correct name for this for some time! As someone who attended classes in Australian Sign Language and learned a little of the history of sign and how there are issues with lip-reading, this is well worth viewing and reflecting upon. Wikipedia: The McGurk effect is sometimes called the McGurk-MacDonald [...]
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Big celebration for the first time the Perth Atheists (and quite a few skeptics) ran a Variety Night! Excellent night out with lots of laughs, quiz questions that challenged your knowledge of religions (and really sodding awful Spice Girl and The Doors mashups), fantastically good chicken risotto, debates about Hell Houses in Launceston and just [...]
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