Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I’m attending Perth Skeptics in the Park, with about a dozen people sitting around in the shade of a gorgeous Sunday, and I’m telling people about the 10:23 Campaign interview I just did for the Skeptic Zone podcast. If you haven’t checked it out, it features Marsh of the Merseyside Skeptics. Since I’m keen on [...]
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I’ve written before at length why I don’t drink alcohol, on a post called “My Not Drinking Alcohol Is Not Your Problem“. One of the things that I probably didn’t emphasise enough was that a contributing factor to not drinking was discovering how many of my high-school students talked about being pressured to drink alcohol. [...]
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It’s all been run, run, run — I’m currently typing in the conference room as Tony Taylor, author of ‘Denial: History Betrayed’ talks about Windschuttle, Irving… and Mel Gibson as examples of historical denialists! We’re all getting the giggles about the boom in blue face-paint sales after Braveheart came out and a great breakdown of [...]
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I’m sure you’ve all seen it by now, but it gives me a great excuse to do a round-up of what’s happening on the weekend and play it to say ‘happy birthday to Richard Saunders’ — make sure you tell him that if you’re at the event! First — yes, it’s the Australian Skeptics National [...]
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Since I’ve had correspondence with two people now on this topic – here are my tips about the running of a skeptic quiz at a ‘Skeptics in the Pub / courtyard / lecture room / what have you’. I ran a quiz last month for the Perth Skeptics, but because we have our get-togethers from [...]
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I was very honored to be asked to attend the first meeting of the Auckland Skeptics — which started in the pub at the Horse and Trap. From here, just like it is in my town, it can become Auckland Skeptics in the Park, at the movies, at the rallies, at the press-release party, and [...]
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Last year, this same thing happened. I missed out an entire day that everyone else has. The 9th of September will completely pass me by. I’m traveling from the 8th of September straight across the International Date Line and right into the 10th of September. The international date line will gobble it up and leave [...]
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