Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
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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Since it was asked online in regards to the 10:23 campaign – which you should be checking out and signing up to support! – “has there been an effort to do a ‘mass suicide’ by homeopathic remedies before?” Australian Skeptics 2004 Convention – Homeopathy The Great Skeptic Attempted Mass Suicide Using Homeopathic Crap: Just how [...]
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New book! Dr Karl is currently touring the country (as he does) promoting it — he’ll also be at the Australian Skeptics National Conference, doing the keynote. Get a signed copy whilst he’s running around!
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What a big day! I have just got in from a book-signing tour meeting with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, where I nabbed about ten minutes of audio footage about his recent adventures for the next Skeptic Zone podcast! Here’s me just messing around with the video function on my digital camera… It’ll include a quick talk [...]
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Sheesh, here I am researching superstitions for my thesis from the past to now… and even today another item pops up – NY Times: The goat option was tested at Katmandu Airport in September to propitiate Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god. Officials of Nepal Airlines told Reuters that they had sacrificed two goats in [...]
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First, I have to point out that Michael McRae, profiled in this blog earlier – is himself interviewing Dr Karl Kruszelnicki for Skepticality! This week on Skepticality, science educator and skeptic Michael McRae interviews one of Australia’s most recognizable scientists, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, who is known to most Aussies simply as “Dr. Karl.” Dr. Karl [...]
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