Category: Announcements

September 18, 2019

Skepticon 2019 – Messages from the presenters

Hear from and read about some of our presenters. CLICK on the main headings.

Skeptics’Guide to the Universe


JAY NOVELLA video
https://www.facebook.com/theskepticscafe/videos/766998480384608/
STEVE NOVELLA video
https://www.facebook.com/theskepticscafe/videos/1083614942029593/

BOB Novella VIDEO
https://www.facebook.com/theskepticscafe/videos/367659424114328/ 

 

Susan Gerbic

Susan will be talking about the Guerilla Skeptics Wikipedia Project as well as “Grief Vampires“.
SUSAN GERBIC video
https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSkepticsInc/videos/2347595002149221/

Jo Thornely


Jo is an Australian presenter that will be appearing at Skepticon2019. She is the host of Zealot, a podcast about cults, and author of a book by the same name.
JO THORNELY video
https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSkepticsInc/videos/472968326888337/

Professor Fiona Fidler

Brendan O’Brien

Dr Brad McKay

Bookings and information:

https://skepticon.org.au/

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August 31, 2019

Puzzles for September 2019

This September we return to the theme of Logical Fallacies as the basis of the monthly crossword. This month it’s Logical Fallacies #6, and Logical Fallacies #7 will follow in October.

Here are the links to our previous Logical Fallacies Crosswords.

23 Crossword July 2012 Logical Fallacies 1

37 Crossword September2013 Logical Fallacies 2  (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

38 Crossword October 2013 (logical fallacies 3) (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

54 Crossword February 2015 logical fallacies 4 (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

74 Crossword October 2016 Logical Fallacies 5 (with both standard and cryptic sets of clues)

September’s Picture Puzzles,  “Mixed Bag” questions and Logic and Maths Puzzles are also there at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.

Older Puzzles:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

Enjoy!

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August 14, 2019

SKEPTICON 2019 update


The Skepticon2019 speaker lineup now includes:

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

Susan Gerbic

Jo Thornely

Professor Fiona Fidler: The Replication Crisis in the Social Sciences

Dr Sue Ieraci: Medical Anti-Science Bingo

Ross Balch: Of Microbes and Monsters

Dr Brad McKay: Home Remedies That Work?

Tina Hanigan: Should Darwin have been surprised at the spread of Skeptism in Europe following his publication ‘On the Origin of Species’?

Brendan O’Brien: The Explosion of Citizen Science

Matt Nurse: Motivated numeracy – why smart people reject the facts they don’t like

and “Australia’s Honest Con Man” Nicholas J Johnson: Bullshit For Skeptics

SKEPTICON 2019’s dedicated website for information and booking is at https://skepticon.org.au

Important SKEPTICON 2019 dates:

5th December: Skeptics Trivia Night at The Clyde Hotel. Hosted by Tony Pitman and Ken Greatorex, this is a fund-raiser, at $15 per head. It’s not strictly a Skepticon event, and not just for Skepticon visitors. However, with our regular locals and regional, interstate and overseas visitors participating, this fifteenth annual Vic Skeptics Trivia night should be fun. Meal from 6:00 pm, eyes down at 7:15.

6th December: Conference commencement and “meet and greet” at The Dan O’Connell Hotel.

7th December: Two Day conference commences at Carrillo Gantner Theatre, University of Melbourne Swanston Street

7th December: Conference Dinner (sold out!)

8th December: Final day of conference

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July 31, 2019

Puzzles for August 2019

For the month of August there’s a new set of Picture Puzzles,  some “Mixed Bag” trivia type questions, a Skeptical Crossword and some  Logic and Maths Puzzles with solutions, all on the PUZZLES PAGE.

Hundreds of earlier puzzles can be found by scrolling down the Puzzles Page or delving into the archives:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

Enjoy!

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June 30, 2019

Puzzles for July 2019

This month’s Skeptical Crossword is about Religion. You’ll also encounter a new set of Picture Puzzles,  some “Mixed Bag” trivia type questions and  Logic and Maths Puzzles with solutions.

All on the PUZZLES PAGE.

Earlier puzzles can be found by scrolling down the Puzzles Page or delving into the archives:

https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/

Enjoy!

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June 1, 2019

SKEPTICON 2019 – Earlybird Tickets Go On Sale


Australian Skeptics Annual Convention, Melbourne
Friday December 6 to Sunday December 8 2019

Tickets are now available for purchase at an Early Bird rate at this link:

https://www.trybooking.com/BCZST

The Earlybird discount is 5% off standard ticket price and applies to both full and concession tickets. View More SKEPTICON 2019 – Earlybird Tickets Go On Sale

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May 31, 2019

Puzzles for June 2019

This month’s puzzles comprise the usual rebus-type Picture Puzzles, “Mixed Bag” triva type questions that get progressively harder, a Skeptical Crossword about Astrology with a set of standard and cryptic clues, and ten Logic and Maths Puzzles with in-depth solutions.

All on the PUZZLES PAGE.

Enjoy!

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May 1, 2019

Melbourne’s “Global March for Sciences” – IMPORTANT NOTICE

To clear up some confusion about next Saturday May 4th’s Melbourne event.

It WILL be a BYO everything picnic, NOT a march. All welcome.

It will take place entirely within the leafy environs of the Royal Society of Victoria. For those unfamiliar with the RSV, it entirely occupies the traffic island formed by Victoria Street / Exhibition Street / Latrobe Street. Some limited free parking should be available on site.

RSV site

View More Melbourne’s “Global March for Sciences” – IMPORTANT NOTICE

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April 30, 2019

May 4 Global March for Science (Melbourne)

Join us for the Melbourne edition of this year’s Global March for Science event, hosted by the Royal Society of Victoria. Bring a picnic lunch and a poster to celebrate science with us, and join in a panel discussion that will challenge and inspire you to be a better advocate for science.

                               Royal Society of Victoria building
                                   8 Latrobe Street Melbourne

We’ve all seen examples of individuals, groups and governments ignoring or denying the best available science and making decisions that have put us all at greater risk of harm. Consider the anti-vaccination phenomenon, outcomes of government policies in the Murray-Darling basin, and the inadequacy of government policy and action on energy and climate change, and so on…

We can all do better than this! View More May 4 Global March for Science (Melbourne)

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