Events
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Weekend Wrap-up
Last night’s Skeptics in the Pub was fantastic! Patty Pieniadz spoke about her experience as a high-ranking Scientologist, giving an in-depth look at how the CoS convinces new recruits to suspend their critical thinking skills and accept even the most bizarre claims as truth. Patty’s journey from non-questioning believer to full-fledged skeptic is not only inspiring to hear, but also…
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Comment o’ the Week, Sponsored by Grammar Nazis
Elyse nominated this week’s winner, posted in a Quickies thread concerning the Catholic Church’s decision to OK belief in aliens. I debated this (internally) for weeks days multiple minutes before deciding to agree with her and hand over the award with one exception. Read on! teambanzai // May 15, 2008 at 11:16 am Way to get with the times Catholic’s,…
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Save the Date, Boston: May 26, Skeptics in the Pub
Two weeks from now, I’ll be hosting our third Skeptics in the Pub here in Boston! We’re stepping things up a notch by moving to new, bigger digs (not to be confused with the Big Dig) and inviting a speaker who is sure to spark a bit of controversy. You’re just dying to know more, aren’t you? Check out the…
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Boston Skeptics in the Pub: Video!
At last, a small wrap-up of the April edition of Boston Skeptics in the Pub with speaker Marc Abrahams! Like last month (with Mike the Mad Biologist . . . video here), we had between 50 and 60 people show up, filling up the back room of the pub. Marc delivered a fantastic presentation on the Ig Nobel Prizes that…
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Updates All Around
I’ve just upgraded the site software as well as all our plug-ins. Things should be running pretty smoothly, with the exception of the Gravatars, which are acting like little bastards at the moment. Until I get a chance to fix it, enjoy big ol’ gravatars with every comment. Post any other glitches below, please! Also, there are a few Skepchick-y…
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Damn You, Harvard Humanists!
I’ve had a busy week. Monday was Boston Skeptics in the Pub with the famed and justly popular Marc Abrahams of the Annals of Improbable Research. A wrap-up of that event, plus video goodness, will come soon enough. I’ve also had podcasts to record Sunday and Wednesday and a few other events Tuesday and this Saturday, thanks to the Harvard…
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An Evening With James Randi and Friends
Saturday night’s ‘An Evening With James Randi and Friends’ is going to be like Woodstock – in years to come everyone will claim to have been there but few will actually be able to tell you what Simon Singh did with a gherkin. I should at this point declare an interest: I was one of the organising committee, and so…
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Boston Skeptics in the Pub is Tonight!
Just a reminder that we’ll be at the Asgard in Central Square tonight for the free event. Info here. If you arrive early to eat/drink/etc, please tell them that you want your bill associated with the event. I had a disturbing call from them last night saying they’d suddenly decided to have a $500 minimum to hold the room (I…
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