PZ Myers

Women And Skepticism – The Aftermath

by podblack on July 3, 2010

The following probably isn’t news at all for many of you – essentially, Pharyngula (PZ Myers) in his post The Woman Problem reflected upon another post Where are all the female skeptics at? by SkeptiFem. This led to PZ urging comments with links to sites – there were even a few very pertinent comments that [...]

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Deist Skeptics, Religious Skeptics, Skeptics Of The Faith – And So On And Ongoing…

by podblack on June 27, 2010

I’m going to be podcasting on this matter later, thanks to two very kind people who have responded to my request, and I’ll see if I can transcribe it. But I just want to post a few links in response to PZ Myer’s ‘Should skeptic organizations be atheist organizations?’ which is in regards to Dr [...]

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Further Developments In #Boobquake (No Pun Intended)

by podblack on April 23, 2010

Just a update, from a CNN news article: Blogger: Show cleavage to test cleric’s quake theory ..She said no woman should feel pressured to participate. “It’s not supposed to be serious activism that is going to revolutionize women’s rights, but just a bit of fun juvenile humor,” she wrote. “I’m a firm believer that when [...]

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I’m For Sale On eBay!

by podblack on April 7, 2010

Kind of! Okay, it’s a fundraiser, one of two that you can get – go bid on a poster! Signed poster from 2010 Global Atheist Convention – all proceeds to support the Atheist Foundation of Australia’s Celebrate Reason Bus Campaign. ONLY 15 of these posters exist of which just two are being made available for [...]

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Presenting, Minorities And The Token Skeptic At #AtheistCon

by podblack on March 17, 2010

I started writing this in response to a comment on one of the posts, and then realised that perhaps I should turn it into a fully-fledged blog entry. I’d like to point out that I don’t intend to keep writing about the convention for much longer, but this is an aspect that does interest me [...]

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Global Atheist Conference -PZ Myers Desecrates Cracker With Vegemite

by podblack on March 12, 2010

See you around the convention! Thanks to the Freethought University Alliance for letting me introduce PZ to the crowd, especially Jason Ball of the Young Australian Skeptics.

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Personally, In This Heat, I’m Just Denying The Existence Of Snow

by podblack on December 17, 2009

First, just a quick reminder to everyone out there regarding Tim Minchin’s White Wine in the Sun and how it’s now going to help an autism charity. Regarding skeptics and climate change, I am immediately reminded of the Australian Skeptics National conference in Adelaide, 2008, which featured a ‘climate debate’ between professors Ian Plimer and [...]

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What I’ll Be Doing In March – Podblack Presents At The 2010 Atheist Global Convention

by podblack on August 18, 2009

Snap! PZ Myers wrote this today – so I may as well simply follow his example! I’ve been invited to speak at The 2010 Atheist Global Convention in Melbourne, on 12-14 March 2010 (dates still under negotiation, so check back at the end of September). PZ writes: The organizers also want to get an estimate [...]

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