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Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, March 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday each month, Sydney Skeptics (and blow-ins from other places) get together in the Crown Hotel on the corner of Elizabeth and Goulbourn Streets in the city. People start gathering about 6PM and the night finishes when the last person leaves (usually around 10PM). At around 7PM we have a short roundup of … Read on »
Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, January 7, 2010; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday each month, Sydney Skeptics (and blow-ins from other places) get together in the Crown Hotel on the corner of Elizabeth and Goulbourn Streets in the city. People start gathering about 6PM and the night finishes when the last person leaves (usually around 10PM). At around 7PM we have a short roundup of … Read on »
Mary MacKillop miracles don’t convince skeptics
In the lead up to Christmas, it was announced that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints accepted a second claim for a miracle attributed to 19th century Australian nun Mary MacKillop, paving the way to her canonisation, which would make her Australia’s first saint. Skeptics are naturally, well, sceptical about claims for miracles, and as … Read on »
9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Last year Robin Ince put on a series of shows in London titled 9 lessons and carols for godless people. It mixed scientists, musicians and comedians such as Richard Dawkins, Stewart Lee, Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh. Robin had a few enquiries from Australia about filming it and the end result is available at gofasterstripe.com … Read on »
Bent Spoon to AVN not alone
When Australian Skeptics recently awarded the Bent Spoon Award to Meryl Dorey and the AVN, we didn’t know that we were not alone. Almost concurrently with our own award and without any coordination, two other organisations awarded their own equivalent of the Bent Spoon, and the parallels are very interesting: The 2009 Finnish Skeptics’ Huuhaa (“Flim-Flam”) … Read on »
Comments from a philosophical skeptic
by Peter Ellerton What a great convention Briskepticon was. I won’t go through all the bits and pieces, but suffice to say that a good time was had by all. We even went through a few emotional responses listening to the guest speakers; some of whom were funny, some intense, but all of whom had … Read on »
Australian Skeptics Announce: TAM! Australia 2010
The 2010 Australian Skeptics National Convention will be held in Sydney. Six years after the last time Sydney hosted the convention, and 10 years after the World Skeptical Convention III in 2000, this will not be an ordinary convention; it will be an international event in the true sense of the word. Not only will our … Read on »
Chiropractor’s Complaint against Australian Skeptics dismissed
A few weeks ago Australian Skeptics was informed that a complaint was lodged against us with the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission by chiropractor Joseph Ierano. On Friday, the 23rd of October, we received a letter from the HCCC stating that it has dismissed the complaint. The Commission has determined that we are not a … Read on »
Homeopath and wife jailed over fatal neglect of their baby
A truly sad story of neglect of a child by her mother and homeopath father has come to some sort of conclusion this week, with the jailing of the neglectful parents for a number of years. This story is of particular interest to skeptics because the father chose to treat his daughter for severe eczema … Read on »
Chiropractor lodges complaint against Australian Skeptics
Following the publication of Simon Singh’s article on the Australian Skeptics website, chiropractor Joseph Ierano wrote a letter to the organisation with a detailed if somewhat rambling rebuff of the article. Being an organisation of volunteers we thought a detailed response by Australian Skeptics President, Eran Segev, within three weeks was a good effort, but … Read on »
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