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FSM Supported by Australian Skeptics
UPDATE : 22 April 2012 The founders of Friends of Science in Medicine Prof John Dwyer AO, Prof Alastair H MacLennan AO, Prof Marcello Costa, Loretta Marron Prof Rob Morrison OAM were recently interviewed by Eran Segev on ‘The Skeptic Zone Podcast’. The friends discuss their motivations for setting up the group and their experiences in promoting science based medicine and also their concerns with … Read on »
Mordialloc Skeptics in the Pub
[ Tuesday, March 6, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Mordialloc Skeptics topic for March will be “Why Creationism has no place in Science Education” – and why common myths about science need to be expunged from science education (and how the two elements of the title are related). Their guest speaker is Prof. Richard Gunstone, Emeritus Professor of Science and Technology Education, Monash University. For … Read on »
Mordi Skeptics Talk
[ Tuesday, February 7, 2012; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Speaker: Tim Harding Topic: Animal welfare: science vs anthropomorphism Venue: Mordialloc Sporting Club, 528 Main St , Mordialloc Animal welfare science seeks to determine the real needs of the animal. Welfare is a characteristic of an animal, not something given to it, and can be measured using an array of indicators, such as the level of cortisol in … Read on »
Muddied waters: setting the record straight about MMR vaccinations and autism
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There’s a temporal link between autism being diagnosed and children getting several vaccinations. Photo credit: nealeanddalissa/Flickr The lack of scientific literacy in the media causes much harm to public understanding of the role and importance of vaccines. The latest instance revives the same old fears using the same formula that so many such stories use. I’ve been writing about … Read on »
Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, October 6, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thursday, November 3, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thursday, December 1, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thursday, January 5, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thursday, February 2, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Thursday, March 1, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday each month, Australian Skeptics (and blow-ins from other places) get together at The Mezz Bar in the Hotel Coronation, 5 – 7 Park Street, Sydney (near Town Hall station). The evening is a social event where we drink, eat and chat about matters skeptical or anythung at all. Please come UPSTAIRS to The Mezz … Read on »
Michael Shermer in Sydney — one night only
[ Tuesday, September 20, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Michael Shermer, one of the worlds most influential skeptics (founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and perennial monthly columnist for Scientific American) will be in Sydney for one night only, at Hotel Coronation, 5 – 7 Park Street, Sydney (venue of Skeptics in the Pub). Michael will be available to sign copies of his latest book, “The Believing Brain: … Read on »
Skeptics mini-convention Sydney November 19
[ Saturday, November 19, 2011; ] A special one-day mini-convention. Tickets $65 ($45 for students). An impressive line-up of speakers: Nobel laureate Prof Peter Doherty (video presentation, live Q&A) Dr Rohan Hammett, national manager of the TGA Marcus Bezzi, the ACCC’s executive general manager of Enforcement and Compliance Division Dr Ken Harvey Peter Hadfield, science journalist (Potholer54 on YouTube) … and more yet to be announced. There will also … Read on »
Melbourne Skeptics In The Pub
[ Monday, April 25, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, May 23, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, June 27, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, July 25, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, August 22, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, September 26, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, October 24, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Monday, November 28, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Melbourne Skeptics In The Pub is held at the James Squire Brewhouse in Waterfront City, Docklands. The event kicks off at 6:30pm, and we usually sit down for dinner sometime after 7pm. We have a website and a Facebook page. There are no speakers scheduled at present, but that may change depending on … Read on »
Canberra Skeptics lecture: TOO EASY TO BELIEVE? Skepticism and the Psychology of Suggestibility
[ Wednesday, April 13, 2011; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Speaker: Dr Krissy Wilson Location: Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Road, ANU Cost: Free Dr Krissy Wilson will review the nature, mechanism and psychological impact of suggestibility, including hypnotic suggestibility and how this relates, for example, to false memories. Dr Wilson is a graduate of the University of London. Formerly at the University of Tasmania, she now teaches at … Read on »
Canberra Skeptics talk: Why We Should be Buying Kidneys from ‘Donors’ from Poor Countries
[ Monday, February 14, 2011; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Shearmur Location: Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU There is currently a shortage of kidneys in Australia – in the sense of there being people who will live poor-quality lives on dialysis, and die, because of kidney failure. Things will soon get much worse, not least because of the effects of type-2 … Read on »
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