This year at The Australian Skeptics national convention, Katharine Shade will reveal her journey from the fog and confusion of woo, to the glaring clarity of skepticism.

Such ventures from the badlands of belief, tend to feature similarities. Katharine will tell of her escape from the healing that never healed, of living with faith in the so-called “dis-ease” model beloved by fundamentalist chiropractors, and even diving headlong into the semi-aquatic theory of human evolution. 

Her tale promises to have a happy ending, as Katharine ultimately succeeded in broadening her approach to learning accepted truths. However, she says it took a bit more time to learn enough skills to be able to more precisely attribute plausibility, and understand how a theory that seems perfectly valid, can be bogus.

You too can follow Katharine’s journey at Skepticon 2023 and even finish off the day at the entertainment packed dinner. Or just kick back at home on the couch, and watch online. Tickets are available here.