Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
It’s an essay in a book! There’s an “Australian Book of Atheism” (don’t quote me on the title!) being compiled by Warren Bonnet of Embiggen Books! [If you're confused, I'm the 'Podblack' on Twitter that's next to the 'TimMinchin' who is also on the Twitter - wahhhhhhh!!! KristyVensson is a big part of the 'Rise [...]
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Skeptic Zone podcast now out — hear us running around doing all the things you see and much more.
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I’m sure you’ve all seen it by now, but it gives me a great excuse to do a round-up of what’s happening on the weekend and play it to say ‘happy birthday to Richard Saunders’ — make sure you tell him that if you’re at the event! First — yes, it’s the Australian Skeptics National [...]
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You may know that the The Australian Skeptics National Convention, (or as they call it, ‘Briskepticon’, which is how you can find it tagged on Twitter), will be held next weekend at the University of Queensland. What you may not know is that on Friday, 27th November, before the convention starts – there’s going to [...]
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Just saying… Speaking of which, new world record was probably achieved in Brisbane – Grave concerns over Brisbane zombie plague: Brisbane Zombie Walk organisers could face a police bill for future events, after up to 5,000 zombies lurched through the CBD on Sunday. Zombie Santas, strippers, soldiers and nurses surged through the city on Sunday, [...]
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Found a little late (dated August) but it looks like James Allan is practically inspired by Tim Minchin’s ‘Storm’ with this one! He’s talking on this very topic at the forthcoming Australian Skeptics conference – “Why Skeptics are Dinner Party Nightmares”. Here’s his article in the Australian newspaper: HOW many readers have gone to dinner [...]
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Things are going to get hectic… so here’s a few heads-up so you know why I’m busy and what you should be checking out over the next month and year and into next year. If the blog entries are a little sparse over the coming week, here’s some of the reasons why. Feel free to [...]
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I’m still on the road at the moment — although ‘on the road’ is an odd summation for a rather nice hotel on the beachfront in Geraldton. If this is winter, I’m wondering why I have the airconditioner on and just came back from a sunset walk complete with cuttlefish bones on the shore. I [...]
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