Skeptics In The Pub online The 1700s was a period when the people of England seemed to be especially gullible. They believed a woman could give birth to rabbits; a man could climb inside a two pint bottle and sing inside it; and where a blond-haired European could write a book claiming that he was […]
What is SkeptiCal? SkeptiCal is a one-day conference for curious, science-loving people to learn about science, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking in an informal setting, at an affordable cost. Who Sponsors SkeptiCal? The sponsoring organizations are the Bay Area Skeptics (BAS) , the Sacramento Area Skeptics (SAS), and the Monterrey Bay Skeptics. These are nonprofit […]
Nastražte uši a připojení! Wikipedie je známá jako mezinárodní encyklopedie. Je to ale také celosvětová síť s tajnými členy, která se snaží ovlivnit lidstvo? Nebo je to webové fórum, kde může člověk zveřejnit svůj názor? Jak Wikipedie funguje? A jak můžete něco změnit? Dokonce i mezi skeptiky se na Wikipedii stále pohlíží s nadhledem. Je […]
Přednášející: Úžasná a jedinečná Susan Gerbic Thomas John Flanagan, známý spíše jako Manhattanské médium nebo Jasnovidec z bezpečnostního pásu, byl zapojen do akce známé jako "Operace Pizza Roll", která vyústila v článek v New York Times. Během lockdownu se Flanagan stejně jako ostatní média věnoval výkladům na Zoomu. Susan Gerbic se většiny těchto akcí účastnila […]
Skeptics in the Pub Online You have a choice. There’s the long way: boring, repetitive, hard work. Or the shortcut: a cunning, less intuitive path to your goal. In this talk, Marcus is going to be giving you the map to the fantastic shortcuts that mathematics has come up with over the last two thousand […]
When 2020 brought with it a new strain of coronavirus, the world was plunged into confusion and uncertainty. While most people accepted the realities of the virus, little white stickers began to appear in public around the world claiming COVID-19 was a hoax concocted by the governments of the world to instil fear into their […]
What's the harm in people believing in psychics and mediums? It's all fun and games, isn’t it? Well, until you lose your life savings to a con-artist, and your life is destroyed. In this talk, Rob Palmer will reveal the consequences - up to personal financial ruin - that frequently befall the vulnerable victims of […]
We are surrounded by stickiness. From the bike tyre that grips the road and the Post-it note that’s become an office mainstay, to your non-stick frying pan, and the ice that transforms waterways each winter. All of these things are controlled by tiny forces that operate on and between surfaces, with friction playing the leading […]
For this talk, Kato will be drawing from two of his more recent books: The God Business and the Death of Reason in Africa (2021), and: Modern Humanism, and How to make it work for the People. He will explore the history of religion in Africa, both traditional religions and those imported by colonists, and […]
This month's work is the 2008 book "Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine" by Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh. This book is a pillar of skeptical thinking and a must-read for anybody concerned about alt-med. Trick or Treatment evaluates the scientific evidence for acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and chiropractic, and briefly covers […]
Speakers: András G Pintér, Annika Harrison, Claire Klingenberg, Pontus Böckman! https://bond.zoom.us/j/96246943879 Meeting ID: 962 4694 3879
We’re all members of a very strange species. But where lots of human peculiarities – from art to warfare and beyond – have analogues across the animal kingdom, we stand alone as the only religious species. Yet, within our otherwise religious species, atheism is currently flourishing in large parts of the world. I’ll discuss research […]
