Skepticism
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Skepchick Quickies 8.7
Randi and Teller are co-authors on a paper on magic– “Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research” is the title. Canadian government helps fund UFO festival– A very small amount of funding, granted. Thanks, Mike. Australian man gets degree in UFOlogy– Emory sums it up best with “FYI: UFO PhD BS”. A smackdown all in acronyms, well…
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TS Tidbits, 8.6
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Atlanta Skeptics in the Pub – this Saturday
Just a reminder that I’ll be at the ATL Skeptics in the Pub this Saturday, August 9th, at 7 p.m. in the Eagle’s Nest at Manuel’s Tavern Come join us! Details are here.
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.6
The Montauk Monster Explained. A video of the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture, by Steven Pinker. More videos! The Genius of Charles Darwin. From the Chronicle of Higher Education: How Our Culture Keeps Students out of Science. And just so you know: 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Plus, from Expatria: 10 Reasons It Would Rule To Date a…
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I’m off to the Galapagos!
A quick note to let you all know I’m leaving for The Amazing Adventure 3: Galapagos! in about 4 hours. I’ll be gone until 19 August, so if you order Skepchick or Skepdude Calendars after today, they’ll ship on 20 August. (If you ordered any time prior to August 6th, I shipped your stuff today.) Oh, hey! I just received…
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New Feature Thingie for Teen Skepchick
Read the latest on Teen Skepchick!
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Reminder: Thursday Debauchery in Milwaukery
Hey Everyone! Just a reminder that as a Part of the Global Skepchick World Domination Project™, Elyse will be joining me and a few insect and/or Skepchick fans at the “Knuckles” bar in this hotel this Thursday at 6pm. The Hyatt is in the middle of a bunch of parking garages, so parking shouldn’t be a problem. If we need…
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Robert Lancaster in the Hospital
I was planning to get back on my feet with actual skeptical posts, but I’m afraid that I have more bad news to deliver — Robert Lancaster is currently in the hospital recovering from a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Robert is a good friend and a wonderful man who has taken on people like Sylvia Browne in a…
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