Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
It’s been a fairly full day already at the NZ Skeptics convention, held in the Rochester-Rutherford Hall in Christchurch (on the Canterbury University campus). So, rather than blog or record all the talks (as I haven’t done much of either), I thought I might live-blog the final session, which is by Alison Campbell. The listing [...]
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Wahh, Philosophy Camp went well, with no bouncing Serval cats seen anywhere – although I have discovered that the best solution to staying awake in case of emergency is a sleeping bag. Especially when I rolled myself up in it and started to lose circulation. I did (thankfully!) remain very much awake for some excellent [...]
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(Live-Blogging the presentation at the FAPSA conference: ‘Democracy and Philosophy Education’ by Phillip Cam – this isn’t strictly live-blogging, since I did it using a Word document on the day and only now have had the chance to post it) An interview with Phillip Cam, an associate professor of history and philosophy at the University [...]
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Hello to the fellow UWA students who heard my lecture on Thursday! Here are a few links to some things I mentioned during my talk and that we discussed when it finished. Firstly – activism and skepticism and how some people were wondering ‘what is being done out there?’ Check out the following: What Do [...]
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Includes Desiree Schell, PZ Myers and Dr. Kiki! This was one of the panels that I would have really have loved to have caught live, so it’s great to see it online! Others after the jump, six in total.
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Features not only the Skeptic Zone team, but the launch of Dr Martin Bridgstock’s book — Beyond Belief — and the Young Australian Skeptics… but ALSO Dave the Happy Singer’s response to Crispian Jago’s Simpson Cards! ETA — photos up on http://www.flickr.com/photos/skepticzone
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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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