Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
It’s been a fairly full day already at the NZ Skeptics convention, held in the Rochester-Rutherford Hall in Christchurch (on the Canterbury University campus). So, rather than blog or record all the talks (as I haven’t done much of either), I thought I might live-blog the final session, which is by Alison Campbell. The listing [...]
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So, this has just been announced on the Meetup site for TAM Australia: “Dr Karl to smash Guinness World Record in Sydney in November. Australia’s best loved scientist Dr Karl Kruzselnicki will make history on Friday 26 November, when he challenges magician David Copperfield’s record for the world’s largest magic lesson by teaching nearly 300 [...]
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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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By the way, Perth people! Tomorrow is the FINAL Profs and Pints, all about astronomy! Will see you there! Profs and Pints at the Flying Scotsman — Velvet Lounge from 6.00 — 8.00pm — where we question the astronomically big to the astronomically small and challenge why we always seek answers — even if it [...]
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Wahoo! And there’s plenty of blogs that I’m a fan of (and indeed know / met / work with!) It’s very thrilling to know I’m in such good company! Here is the link to place your vote. Please note you can only vote once, so make sure you check out all the finalists! We are pleased [...]
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Breaking news! The complaint to the NSW State Government-funded Health Care Complaints commission (HCCC) has been successfully upheld! Now the AVN has to feature disclaimers on their website. Best of all, a well-regarded national current affairs program is going to investigate the group and show it on TV tonight! It’s only just showing on ABC1′s [...]
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If you’re interested in seeing the other video adventures I have, head to the podblackdotcom YouTube Channel. This site will be updated again soon, and I’ll feature a few in a new section
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