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Australian Skeptics Inc. has learnt that one of our Committee Members has received an Application for an Apprehended Personal Violence Order to be made against them. The Applicant is Meryl Dorey from the Australian Vaccination Network. She alleges that threats were made against her online by that person. Unless the allegations are withdrawn or resolved … Read on »
New (old) president for Aust Skeptics Inc
Richard Saunders is the new president of Australian Skeptics Inc. At a committee meeting held on September 11, Eran Segev stood down from the position of president, having spent three years in that role, a period which included the organisation and running of TAM Oz in 2010, and a major revamp of our internal processes and external … Read on »
The media and bunkum — Sydney dinner
The next Sydney Skeptics dinner will be held on September 29. 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 MAP Bookings through the Skeptics shop. … 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 »
If you knew Shuzi
Over the past couple of years, the attention of Australian Skeptics has been drawn to a long line of so called “Power Bands”. Yet another contender — the Shuzi ‘nano-vibrational technology’ — has recently been investigated by the Skeptics. Broadly speaking, the promoters of these ‘power bands’ claim the devices can affect your well-being, balance, strength and so forth. Most use … 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 »
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