Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Episode Forty-Two – On Breakfast And Blogging – Interviews At TAMOz Fringe A direct link to the mp3 here! A short mixture of interviews and opinions from the ‘Blogger’s Breakfast’, a gathering of early-morning breakfasting skeptics in the shade of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Includes the ‘Placebo Bands’, Dave the Happy Singer (of www.davethehappysinger.com), the [...]
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Gah, I hate it when things are terrifically busy and I’m focusing more on controlling sinus pain, workloads and impending study and writing deadlines – but do not let those kinds of grumbles deter you! There’s plenty happening in Perth and nationwide via the Australia’s National Science Week site for 2010! Today I’ll be checking [...]
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When I was in Sydney, I saw the musical ‘Wicked!’ Yes, someone who investigates paranormal claims, superstitions and the scientific measurement of belief… watching witches? Well, it’s all part of further research – and a love of drama! Earlier on, in a blog-post I wrote about sports, theatre (or theater!), dramatic arts and study superstitions [...]
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I’m going to be interviewed for a University course! There’s a new online course that is being produced by the University of New Hampshire by Dr Henn, about skepticism. Much like the course I did in Parapsychology online via the University of Edinburgh, this one features podcast interviews with people. One of which will be [...]
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Announcement! I’m now a columnist with Skeptical Inquirer website! The CSI one! With yet another cat-icon by the talented Michael McRae, getting all Cheshire-like on the top. Rworr… A little while back I was approached about contributing something regularly to the Skeptical Inquirer site and so, here it is! It’s been very difficult keeping it [...]
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Breaking news – I won a science book! Whoo hoo! Go enjoy the Science Punk site whilst you’re reading blogs today! I did notice this yesterday but only just got a very nice compliment about it via Twitter this morning. An article I wrote for the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, part of the Skeptical Inquirer, is [...]
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Hi to all the Guardian readers / fans of Tim Minchin out there! Yes, there are quite a few Tim Minchin blog-posts with lots of information on this site, since I was one of the first skeptic podcasters to interview him (for the TANK Vodcast, back in 2008). After that, we had a four-part lengthy [...]
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Head to www.skepticzone.tv for the full interview that Stefan did with Tim Minchin! Many thanks to the Angry Feet forum board for their great articles, discussions and support with research. A lot of very classy people there. I particularly liked Minchin’s discussion about his attitudes towards religion and the line he draws about how he [...]
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