by podblack on August 16, 2010
The Stupid Species: Why Everyone (Except You) Is An Idiot – by Daniel Keogh
The Stupid Species is an over -18s science show involving hilarious experiments, films, animations and stories that show the science and psychology of why everyone is capable of incredible stupidity.
“We all like to think we’re [...]
by podblack on August 9, 2010
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 [...]
by podblack on August 3, 2010
Later today, the Token Skeptic podcast will be featuring the audio from Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s talk at Christ Church Grammar School. She is the Somali-born former politician once named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Today in the West Australian, there was a brief report about her visit to [...]
by podblack on July 27, 2010
ASTRONOMICAL AWESOMENESS – Why do we ask why?
Speakers include: Cheryl Praeger (UWA), Carley Tillett (Scitech), Carmelo Amalfi (Murdoch) and Megan Argo (Curtin).
Hello and we’re starting – it’s probably about as crowded as it was last time, which means pretty packed! Our host, the very lovely and vibrant Renae, how is mentioning that all the [...]
by podblack on July 27, 2010
By the way, Perth people! Tomorrow is the FINAL Profs and Pints, all about astronomy! Will see you there!
Profs and Pints at the Flying Scotsman – Velvet Lounge from 6.00 – 8.00pm – where we question the astronomically big to the astronomically small and challenge why we always seek answers – even if it costs [...]
by podblack on July 22, 2010
Head to the Australian Skeptics website for a news item on the event!
I would like to think that there’s several factors that contributed to the sparse attendance of Meryl Dorey and Judy Wilyman’s second lecture at the State Library of Western Australia (called the Alexander Library) in central Perth on Tuesday, 20th July. There [...]