by podblack on September 6, 2010
My second day of Dragon*Con 2010! Includes the setting up of the Skeptic Track after Friday night, the first ‘coffee morning’ with James Randi, The Parsec Awards, Benjamin Radford’s Paranormal Workshop and the Parenting Beyond Belief podcast.
by podblack on September 6, 2010
Friday 3rd September – here’s Day One (proper) of Dragon*Con – includes the Token Skepticality Speaking Beyond BS panel; the Scams and Consumerism panel; Scott Sigler reads from his 4th Grade writing book; various costumes and the launch of the Hanny’s Voorwerp comic!
by podblack on September 4, 2010
by podblack on August 28, 2010
A little while back I read the following by Chris Mooney, a post about what he considered to be a good example of science communication. My friend Michael McRae responded with his own post – Encouraging Scientists To Speak For Science.
I’m intrigued by these kinds of discussions, as over the past year I have met [...]
by podblack on August 18, 2010
I won’t write on this again, but essentially, yesterday I was so unwell that even I didn’t want to be around myself – so, the following items have done a pretty good job of cheering me up! Hello to the world of the living, this revolting zombie-death-like cold can’t last for much longer, I hope!
I [...]
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 [...]