The Pseudo Scientists — Episode 46 Jack, Belinda, James and Richard discuss the Australian and South African Square Kilometre Array telescopes, problems with a plan to help save the Murray-Darling river basin in eastern Australia, and the successful launch and docking to the International Space Station of a pioneering commercial space capsule, SpaceX’s Dragon. — [...]
. Bay Area Skeptics The San Francisco Bay Area's skeptical organization since 1982 Search this site : About Newsletter BASBlog Links Feedback Browse by Topic BAS 19 Announcements 2 BASIS Archives 2 The Sacramento Scene 2 Culture 1 Cults 1 The Media 8 BASIS 3 Books 0 Movies 0 Radio 1 Television 1 Medicine 7 Acupuncture 1 Aromatherapy 1 Chiropractic 1 Food 1 Ions 1 Paranormal 12 Psychics 10 Pseudo-science 12 Aliens UFOs 4 Cryptozoology 6 Home Blogs Sheldon Helms's blog A Review of SkeptiCal 2012 by LaRae Meadows . Submitted by Sheldon Helms on Thu , 05 24 2012 15:04 As many of you know , this year's SkeptiCal 2012 conference was a rousing photo by Heather Applebury success Hundreds of skeptic-minded guests converged upon the Berkeley Doubletree Hotel to hear talks on what toddlers and
One disadvantage of living in a country stuck using non-metric measuring systems is that we’re also stuck using a few related measures. One of the most familiar of these is mpg, miles per gallon. Many other countries use a newer standard, l/100km, liters per 100 kilometers. The salient difference between the two is not merely [...]The Pseudo Scientists — Test of Faith Panel Belinda and Jack present the audio from the April 16th “Test of Faith” panel discussion from the Reason for Faith Festival. Jack discusses the intersection of science and religion (specifically Christianity) with two fellow atheists, Jonathan Meddings and Professor Graham Oppy, and three Christian scientists, Professor John [...]
This week’s Skeptoid episode is about left-handedness. Not about the popular anecdotes you can read on any web site, but about the deeper science behind how and why left-handedness exists at all, and what the implications are for those who roll to the left. Skeptoid is a short program and I can’t ever include all [...]The Pseudo Scientists — Episode 45 Belinda, James and Richard discuss anti-vaccine site the “Real” Australian Sceptics, Australian anti-intellectualism, and read out some listener emails from California, New Zealand and Finland. — This week’s “Houston, We Have A Problem” clip is a sample of the enlightened views of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson. Our new contact [...]
I know I’m posting this a little late, but I wanted to let you all know that I’m going to be interviewed tonight (Monday, May 14th) live on Darkness Radio at 11:00pm CDT. If you recall, I blogged some time ago – almost two years – about a very interesting discussion I had with paranormal [...]
Bay Area Skeptics The San Francisco Bay Area's skeptical organization since 1982 Search this site : About Newsletter BASBlog Links Feedback Browse by Topic BAS 19 Announcements 2 BASIS Archives 2 The Sacramento Scene 2 Culture 1 Cults 1 The Media 8 BASIS 3 Books 0 Movies 0 Radio 1 Television 1 Medicine 7 Acupuncture 1 Aromatherapy 1 Chiropractic 1 Food 1 Ions 1 Paranormal 12 Psychics 10 Pseudo-science 12 Aliens UFOs 4 Cryptozoology 6 Home Summer 2012 Skeptics Toolbox Open for Registration Skeptics Toolbox Logo If you have never attended a Skeptics Toolbox , or if you have , now is the time to register for the summer 2012 course . These courses , sponsored by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry , are held in Eugene Oregon every summer , and include discussions and workshops led by expert