Brian Dunning

While Twitter Crashes With #onmouseover – Read Reviews Of SkepTrack At D*C!

by podblack on September 21, 2010

I really have have half-a-dozen things requiring completion (particularly new podcast episodes out on Token Skeptic) – but the lure of retweeting jokes about the #onmouseover on Twitter… BBC News: A flaw in the website of micro-blogging service Twitter is being used to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites. So, if you’re [...]

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Token Skeptic Dragon*Con 2010 Skeptic Track Day Two – Saturday

by podblack on September 6, 2010

My second day of Dragon*Con 2010! Includes the setting up of the Skeptic Track after Friday night, the first ‘coffee morning’ with James Randi, The Parsec Awards, Benjamin Radford’s Paranormal Workshop and the Parenting Beyond Belief podcast.

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TAM8 – The Star Trek Mustache Quartet

by podblack on July 14, 2010

Thanks to IDoubtIt — Live at The Amazing Meeting (TAM8) 8 in Las Vegas, Richard Saunders, Bruce Hood, Brian Dunning and Rick don the mustaches for a rousing rendition of the Star Trek theme.

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On Skeptic Conferences – Part Two

by podblack on July 17, 2009

Okay, this will probably be the way-too-long ’post for the day’ – I have been meaning to address a literacy issue, but I think I’ll wait until the weekend to get that done. Those who are unfamiliar with the situation as it stands – read the earlier post ‘On Skeptic Conferences‘. Much of the following stems [...]

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Little Duke Productions, Verses, SkepticBlogs’ Ambush Skepticism And What’s So Funny Punk(ed)?

by podblack on June 11, 2009

Appears the Mark Wootton / Shirley Ghostman / UK comedy shows Little Duke Productions / Verses story has some additional legs, with quite a few people being drawn into being filmed without realising that they’re part of a project… that has more in common with ‘Borat’ and John Saffran than a Scorsese or Spike Lee. [...]

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UK Anti-Vax Slap And DIY Degree!

by podblack on June 7, 2009

Well, I got back from the doctor’s on Friday where I ended up getting a few blood tests. The thing that amused me was how about a year ago, I got my MMR vaccination updated. Apparently the last blood test I did indicated that my immunity to measles had gone. So this time around, I [...]

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Shirley Ghostman Vs Shermer and Dunning!

by podblack on June 4, 2009

I am SO hoping this ends up on YouTube somewhere — what a hoot! From Brian Dunning on SkepticBlog: Today I was invited to host an episode of a new series for a major cable network in which I was to interview and administer a test to three professional psychics. This was the first episode [...]

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Skeptoid’s Argue With Creationists As Argued By Discovery Institute

by podblack on February 23, 2009

From Brian Dunning, of the podcast Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena: Someone just sent me this. Apparently, recently on AM 980 KKMS Christian radio, they had on Dr. Jonathan Wells, senior fellow from the Discovery Institute, and had him pick apart my Skeptoid episode #65, “How to Argue with a Creationist”, point by point. [...]

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