• Last Week In Science Based Medicine

    Updated: 2012-12-31 14:00:00
    Home Who We Are About the JREF About James Randi Our Team Research Fellows Press Center What We Do The 1M Challenge Challenge FAQ Challenge Application Challenge Blog Bank Statement Educational Programs Scholarships Skeptical Outreach Amaz ng Meetings Upcoming Events Digital Media E-Books Podcasts For Good Reason Skeptics' Guide SGU Consequence The Randi Show YouTube Channel Encyclopedia Swift Blog Swift Biographies Swift Archives Connect Contact Us Facebook Twitter Google+ Subscribe via RSS Email Newsletter Discuss Forum Rules Visit the Forum Support Contribute Now Become a Member JREF Credit Card Press Center Like it Share it Sign up for news and updates Enter word seen below Change image Please leave this field empty Login Form Username Password Remember Me Forgot your password Forgot

  • The Pseudoscientists — Interview with Adam vanLangenberg

    Updated: 2012-12-28 08:00:11
    Ted Janet interviews Adam VanLangenberg, the teacher behind the "Sceptic School" group at McKinnon Secondary College. They talk about critical thinking courses in schools, what it's like to run a skeptical group for high school students, personal reflections on being a skeptic, and what it was like bringing a homeopath in to talk to the students. Plus, Jack has an exciting announcement about the relaunch of the Young Australian Skeptics blog...

  • Last Week At Science Based Medicine

    Updated: 2012-12-24 14:00:00
    Home Who We Are About the JREF About James Randi Our Team Research Fellows Press Center What We Do The 1M Challenge Challenge FAQ Challenge Application Challenge Blog Bank Statement Educational Programs Scholarships Skeptical Outreach Amaz ng Meetings Upcoming Events Digital Media E-Books Podcasts For Good Reason Skeptics' Guide SGU Consequence The Randi Show YouTube Channel Encyclopedia Swift Blog Swift Biographies Swift Archives Connect Contact Us Facebook Twitter Google+ Subscribe via RSS Email Newsletter Discuss Forum Rules Visit the Forum Support Contribute Now Become a Member JREF Credit Card Press Center Like it Share it Sign up for news and updates Enter word seen below Change image Please leave this field empty Login Form Username Password Remember Me Forgot your password Forgot

  • Trusting Intuition vs Analysis

    Updated: 2012-12-17 13:10:25
    We all make decisions every day. I started out my day deciding what to wear, following by a decision of what to write about for this morning’s blog post.  Most decisions are small and likely have insignificant consequences, but even small decisions can have a large cumulative effect. Some decisions are huge and can have [...]

  • Skeptoid Podcast Now Available in Mandarin Chinese

    Updated: 2012-12-13 17:55:23
    In a major expansion, the Skeptoid science podcast, in English since 2006, is now available in Mandarin on the Chinese iTunes Store and at http://skeptoid.com.cn. This effectively triples the potential listener base, making the award winning show available to more listeners worldwide than any other podcast in any genre. Host Zhe Li (Lizzie to her [...]

  • The Pseudoscientists Episode 69 — Scientific sexism, codon conundrums, Wikipedia and gay conversion, with Holly Warland

    Updated: 2012-12-07 13:23:15
    Belinda, Rachael and Jack are joined by special guest Holly Warland to discuss a curious finding in molecular genetics, the readability of Wikipedia, sexism in science and gay conversation therapy. Plus, Jargonauts looks at "negative reinforcement", and your answers to last week's question about the definition of life - now with added On The Street opinions, via our good friend Luke Freeman. Next week's question: "What is the best argument for the existence of God?"

  • January 2013 Meeting

    Updated: 2012-12-04 02:02:56
    January 2013 David Cay Johnston, “The Fine Print: Your Pay Shrinks as Monopolies Prosper” Monday, January 14, 2013, 7 PM DeWitt Library at Shoppingtown Mall Please note that this talk will occur on Monday instead of Wednesday. We are happy to welcome back Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. The talk The average income of the bottom 90 percent of Americans [...]

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