Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
…we have AN IMMEDIATE NEED (before the end of November) for letters of support from educators. PLEASE, if you’d like to see this show on PBS, and benefit from all the supporting educational materials which would be part of the package – check out the model letters of support for The Edge’ over on the [...]
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The Curiouser and Curiouser site features an interview with Scott Sigler on science fiction and skepticism — out on the 30th November, which is his birthday! The works of American author and podcaster Scott Sigler combine many genres, including science fiction, horror, and thriller. After successfully recording and distributing the audiobook of his novel Earthcore [...]
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TAMOz, TAM Australia, whatever you want to call it – have an hour of the Token Skeptic podcast on what it’s like to be me in Sydney, losing my delusions about what Australian Skeptics are and what it could be. The interviews include: Nicholas and Alex Southhall (the young man on the SGU Science/Fiction) Warren [...]
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A little delayed – but the notes I took from this session: The presenters were: Moderator Tim Mendham, Dr Rob Morrison, Dr Paul Willis and Steve Cannane. Morrison: There’s only a limited number of specialist scientist journalists employed – and like the rest of the population, there are people who aren’t particularly seeing accurately what [...]
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This is quite lovely – I occasionally get questions, but I usually just write large general posts (Skeptical Books for Children after someone asked ‘What’s the consensus on the intersection of science fiction and skepticism/science? What’s the research on the impact of science fiction films and biotechology?‘ is one such example) rather than address them [...]
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If you’re reading this due to the Freethought Blogs – read this. Thanks! During my time interacting with skeptical and atheist groups – I have seen evidence of people assuming that skepticism and atheism are one and the same. More often than not, it’s from co-workers or family members, who think that ‘a skeptic equals [...]
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Personally? I’m sick to death of hearing about Power Balance Bands and the popularity of these particular dodgy products — I’ve even ‘unfollowed’ people off Twitter until they’ve stopped railing against them. Yawn. Because, to my mind, once Choice Magazine has pointed out the obvious: This so-called exercise-assisting “hologram” is nothing more than a pricey [...]
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On Nov 10, 2010, bloggers around the world posted a message requesting other bloggers and readers to sign up to libel reform at www.libelreform.org/sign — you can read this post here: This week is the first anniversary of the report Free Speech is Not for Sale, which highlighted the oppressive nature of English libel law. [...]
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