Guest Bloggers
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Parts 3 & 4)
The following videos are Parts 3 and 4 of my conversation with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. (You can see Parts 1 & 2 here.) Part 3 Part 4 Stay tuned for Parts 5 of my conversation with Dr. Tyson to be posted tomorrow. +++ Video production and editing: Chris Moyer of Dropframe Video. Contact him at Malachi Constant.
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Parts 1 & 2)
On October 14 and 15, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and host of the NOVA scienceNOW program on PBS, was in Houston to speak at the Up Experience conference. Well, I pestered him to sit down with me for a video conversation to post here on Skepchick, and despite a very…
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Part 9)
Skepchick’s conversation with Dr. Scott wraps up in this installment, which covers a little bit about what she has coming up for the rest of 2009. This video is the final segment in the series. (You can see Parts 1 & 2 here, Parts 3 & 4 here, Parts 5 & 6 here, Parts 7 & 8 here, or the entire playlist here. Part 9 +++ Video production and editing: Chris Moyer of Dropframe…
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Parts 7 & 8)
Having been involved for so many years, Eugenie Scott has a unique perspective on gender representation in rationalist circles. The following two videos contain discussion on women in skepticism and science, as well as on role models and their impact on young people. These two videos are the seventh and eighth segments in a series of nine. (You can see Parts 1 & 2 here,…
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Parts 5 & 6)
In this installment, Dr. Scott and I finish up the discussion about the ever-changing creationist tactics that we started in Parts 3 & 4, and we talk a little bit about religious cranks giving famous science books away with a “special introduction” attached. These two videos are the fifth and sixth segments in a series of nine. (You can see Parts 1 & 2 here, and Parts 3 & 4 here.)…
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Parts 3 & 4)
Dr. Eugenie Scott has been a prominent figure in the fight to keep creationism out of public school for many years, and she has seen the ever-changing tactics religious fundamentalists use to worm creation myths into science classes. The following two videos deal mainly with the evolution of those creationist tactics. These two videos are the third and fourth segments in a series of nine chronicling my…
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Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Parts 1 & 2)
On September 30, Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, was in Houston to give a talk at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. When I heard she was going to be in town, I thought it would be fun if I could somehow swing an interview with her to post here on Skepchick. I was sure a print interview…
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Guest Article #6 – Bruce Hood
I’m extremely pleased and excited that Bruce Hood has agreed to write an article for Skepchick, because his book Supersense is my current number one must-read for skeptics. The reason for that is simple: it has much-needed insight into our sense of the supernatural and a position that skeptics don’t always acknowledge – that ‘woo’ thinking is innate. If you…
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