by podblack on November 21, 2010
So, what’s the story? SMH: A Chrismas CD aiming to raise funds for a Christian charity has been slammed for featuring an anti-Christian song. Faith and family groups have labelled the song, which includes the lyrics “I get freaked out by churches,” and “I’m not expecting a visit from Jesus”, as “disrespectful” and a “sick [...]
by podblack on November 15, 2010
A gathering of minds like no other! This is a short film I made of all the fine furry delegates from Perth, who came to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in order to take part in Perth artist Bennett Miller’s ‘Dachshund U.N’. Dachshund U.N is both a large-scale architectural installation and a participatory performance [...]
by podblack on October 28, 2010
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 [...]
by podblack on October 10, 2010
The image is thanks to the Skeptics in the Pub NZ (and Catherine of Faster Pussycat Productions, the brains behind the brilliance of getting this together!): So – if you’re in Brisbane, Melbourne, Christchurch, Auckland, Adelaide or Canberra – come and catch this show. Will be not only very funny, but very clever, very pro-skeptical [...]
by podblack on September 24, 2010
The waiting is over! New issue of The Skeptic (22.3) now available at the UK Skeptics site. Not only but also… this edition includes an interview with Professor Bruce M Hood, plus a book review of his work ‘Supersense’ / ‘The Science of Superstition’ (I have gifted so many copies of it to so many [...]
by podblack on August 24, 2010
Two Years Of The Skeptic Zone
by podblack on July 11, 2010
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 [...]