Skepticism
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Calendar Curiosities: August 25th, 1609: Galileo presents the telescope.
On this day in 1609, Galileo went before the Venetian Senate to present his telescope. Although he presented this as his own invention, he did get some inspiration from Dutch spectacle makers who, earlier had combined lenses to create…erm, well…. the telescope. (To be fair, Galileo’s telescope was an improvement on the original.) (And he rocked even harder and used…
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Afternoon Inquisition 8.24
I seem to have missed a huge fiasco where PZ desecrated the eucharist. Apparently the whole internet is in an uproar about how terrible it is what PZ has done. So I did some searching to see what terrible thing he did to a communion wafer and all I could find out was that he made fun of Catholics who threatened…
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Happy Birthday, Car2d2!
Unfortunately, I was unable to put together the kind of porn bonanza I had for bug_girl’s birthday Friday. Turns out, there is no TARDIS porn on the interewbs. Well, I’m sure there is, but I can’t find it. I putting out an APB for all Skepchick readers to be on the lookout for some porn and to please post it…
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Weekly Wrap-up 8.23
It’s a week of new features and here’s the newest: The Weekly Wrap-up. TWW is a one-stop-shop for the week’s posts, including brief descriptions and links. So, if work is crazy, your internet goes down, or you get distracted by life and fear you’ve missed something important – TWW is here for you. No need to scroll through pages of…
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Afternoon Inquisition 8.23
Hello, all you wonderful Skepchick readers. You’re so beautiful…I’m getting a little farklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic: As a skeptic and/or non-theist, what do you think about dialogue with believers? Do you find it fulfilling in any way, or do you find it to be a waste of time? Discuss.
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Afternoon Inquisition 8.22
Hello all! I’ll be bringing you the Friday edition of the Afternoon Inquisition. Today’s question: With the Internet constantly improving ease of access to vast amounts of data and information, are journalists becoming more or less skeptical?
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Boston SitP! Also, COTW! And NYC! WTF! OMFSM.
Did you get all that? Good. First of all, Boston Skeptics in the Pub is coming up on Monday night and it’s going to be more fun than a bag full of tiny, murderous clowns.* Like last month, we’re doing skeptical trivia with an emphasis on reality and no sports questions. Plus: prizes! Seriously, last time was too much damned…
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Galapagos Report: now with monkeys and cows!
I’ll start by saying it is impossible to do a real and true accounting of our trip. Each person’s pilgrimage to Darwin’s evolution lab will be necessarily different, as it should be. Nonetheless, as the intrepid Skepchick on the scene, I’ll do my best. The Galapagos Islands are MADE OF WIN. Sunny but not too sunny; full of wild animals…
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