Category Archives: Upcoming Events
Canberra Skeptics — Free Screening of “Here Be Dragons — A Guide to Critical Thinking”
[ Sunday, January 20, 2013; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 14:00 Location: Questacon Questacon, King Edward Terrace Parkes, ACT Australia See map: Google Maps Canberra Skeptics will be putting on a free public screening of Brian Dunning’s “Here Be Dragons – An Introduction to Critical Thinking” in the Japan Room. Brian is the producer of the Skeptiod podcast, and will be the international guest-of-honour at the 2013 Australian … Read on »
More Scientists in Parliament? How Good Would It Be?
[ Saturday, November 10, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Speaker: Dr Will Grant Date: Saturday, 10 November 2012 Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT Free Admission We often hear moans that our current parliament features far too few scientists, and instead is packed with lawyers, economists and used car salesmen. But what would it actually mean to pack our parliament … Read on »
The Last Canberra Skeptics Meeting Ever? A Skeptical Take on the Upcoming End-Of-The-World
[ Saturday, December 8, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Speaker: Peter Bowditch Date: Saturday, 8 December 2012 Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT Free Admission* With the end of the world predicted on December 21 this could possibly be the last meeting of this kind ever. Peter Bowditch will try to raise people’s hopes by looking at failed apocalyptic predictions … Read on »
Sydney Dinner Sept 29 — Media bunkum
[ Saturday, September 29, 2012; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Tory Shepherd, Punch columnist and chief reporter for News.com, gives the lowdown on the media’s embrace of the paranormal and pseudoscientific. Location: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, West Ryde Time: 6.30 for 7.00pm Bookings at our shop … Read on »
Canberra Skeptics Lecture: An Evening with Lawrence Krauss
[ Wednesday, September 5, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012 Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation All Welcome World-renowned theoretical physicist and science-communicator Professor Lawrence Krauss will the guest-of-honour at a Q&A session of Canberra Skeptics. If you want to learn about everything from the Higgs Boson to the Mars Curiosity Rover, … Read on »
Canberra Skeptics Lecture: Challenging Pseudoscience in the most scientific of all ages
[ Saturday, August 11, 2012; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Date: Saturday, 11 August 2012 Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Speaker: Professor John Dwyer, AO, PhD, FRACP, FRCPI, Doc Uni (Hon) ACU Free Entry Towards the end of 2011, the Skeptics’ Tim Mendham published a table documenting the universities in Australia that seemed to be teaching various “pseudosciences” as … Read on »
Canberra Skeptics Lecture: The Choice Shonky Awards — six years of naming and shaming the shonkiest rip-offs and shoddiest products being sold in Australia
[ Friday, July 13, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Date: Friday, 13 July 2012 Time: 6.00 — 7.30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Speaker: Scott O’Keefe Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation CHOICE’s annual Shonky Awards are an opportunity for the people’s watchdog to hand out lemons to manufacturers, service providers, marketers, advertisers, and government agencies that fail to deliver on their promises. Since … Read on »
Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, December 6, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday of every month, Sydney-siders (and even those just passing through) are welcome to come along and mingle at the Skeptics in the Pub. Location: Mezz Bar, Coronation Hotel, Park Street in the City (next door to Woolworths). Turn up around 6pm and make some new friends or bump into some old ones. Very … Read on »
Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, November 1, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday of every month, Sydney-siders (and even those just passing through) are welcome to come along and mingle at the Skeptics in the Pub. Location: Mezz Bar, Coronation Hotel, Park Street in the City (next door to Woolworths). Turn up around 6pm and make some new friends or bump into some old ones. Very … Read on »
Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
[ Thursday, October 4, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On the first Thursday of every month, Sydney-siders (and even those just passing through) are welcome to come along and mingle at the Skeptics in the Pub. Location: Mezz Bar, Coronation Hotel, Park Street in the City (next door to Woolworths). Turn up around 6pm and make some new friends or bump into some old ones. Very … Read on »
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