Nice to see my cryptic post raised some eyebrows in puzzlement.
And it was all about a fantastic new conference put together by the MSS and GMSS. It sounds like great fun so I’m straight off to reserve my ticket, I suggest you do the same :
Announcing QED: Question. Explore. Discover.
As part of the 2011 skeptical calendar [...] [...]
Quod erat demonstrandum : That which was to have been demonstrated.
I wonder what that could be ?
Any ideas ?
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Thanks to all for coming to last night’s SitP where Andy Lewis gave a fantastic talk and also had a go at electrocuting some of our members ! And I even have pictures of the crime fun err, incident.
We also saw the ultimate in woo machines with a fascinating battery powered pocket device that is [...] [...]
Had to post this.
This is an extract of an open letter to the Stephen Meyer of the “Discovery Institute”, that hotbed of creationist double-non-think, from reformed Christian Steve Matheson who is an Associate Professor of Biology at Calvin College, Michigan, USA.
It had me laughing out loud at his rapier-like wit. It’s fantastic stuff :
Your Discovery Institute is a [...] [...]
Got my tickets for TAM London less than 20 mins ago.
And Crispian you’re sorted mate, got yours too.
So if you haven’t booked yet then get on the site and get yourself some tickets to the most highly anticipated, enjoyable, awesome and desirable skepticfest/nerdfest/geekstock there’s ever going to be in the UK.
DO IT NOW !
You know [...] [...]
Seasonal felicitations to you all.
Here’s hoping this year we can do more to promote rational and critical thinking, science and humanism.
Plenty of things on the cards for this year. We have the first Winchester Skeptics in the Pub, the big and ongoing campaign to increase the public awareness of what homeopathy actually is. We have [...] [...]
Hammersmith Apollo 20th December 2009
Finally I got to go to one of the best events of the year. I missed last year’s Nine Lessons due to a combination of circumstance and muppetry. But this year, this year I made it. I even managed to get a ticket close to the front in the stalls. In fact [...] [...]
Now that we have things starting to get off the ground we’ve found that we could use some help in a couple of areas. Some of you have already and very kindly offered to help with various things and I’ll be emailing you now(ish) to discuss things and I’d like to thank you very much for [...] [...]
Okay, here we go.
We have several speakers booked already and here’s the list thus far :
28JAN10 – Inaugural Winchester SitP.
We are extremely pleased and honoured to have the wonderful Rebecca Watson and Sid Rodrigues at our first meeting to give us an introduction to what Skeptics in the Pub is all about. Awesome huh ? Well there’s more. Although I [...] [...]
[ Thu 28 Jan 10; 19:30 to 22:30. ] Okie cokie. After a long assessment and selection process to find the best venue for the StiP meetings we finally chose the place with the best beer. No that’s not right. This is a skeptics society. Try again. *clears throat* We finally chose the place with the best beer. Umm. Might need to reassess this.
Actually it [...] [...]