Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Congratulations to all the participants this year at Philosothon! A great night of discussion and inquiry all round. … Each year the event has grown with currently 24 schools participating in the West Australian 2010 Philosothon. 18 schools will participate in the Queensland Ascham College Philsothon and 8 schools will participate in the first Melbourne [...]
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From the ABC site, the show of Maynard (who you’ve heard a few times on the Skeptic Zone show): “Skeptical Night At Bar On The Hill”. Download this mp3 file Richard Saunders and Dr Rachael Dunlop hosted a night of critical thinking at The University of Newcastle’s Bar On The Hill on Saturday night. It [...]
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This was the third year that I worked at the ‘SkepTrack’ at Dragon*Con – lectures / panels I presented included: Skeptically Speaking: Skeptically Speaking, the talk radio show that asks you to call in and question everything, will be airing live from the SkepTrack stage. This is now online as Episode #76, The Women of [...]
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Once again I am leaving the USA behind and crossing the International Date Line to arrive back in Australia. Usually I don’t leave on any particularly important day, but there will be an exception this year. This imaginary line exists in order to have a fixed boundary on the globe where the calendar date resets [...]
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Two Years Of The Skeptic Zone
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I’ve had continuing health problems, a week ahead of me full of planning and coordinating lessons for the fortnight that I’m away… and Dragon*Con itself to plan for, along with all the travel! :/ So, it’s only fair to warn you that I’m going to try to blog while on the road rather than over the [...]
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It’s taken a while, but I have finally printed out a handful of pages and figured out exactly where I am and where the members of the Skeptic Zone podcast will be at Dragon*Con… which is happening at the end of this month. Sodding hell. It’s not very far away! First — drum roll… appearances [...]
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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 [...]
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