Head to the PUZZLES PAGE for May’s aliquot of puzzlement.
The usual seven Picture Puzzles are either quaintly bemusing or the product of a deranged mind……….. It depends on your individual point of view.
The Skeptical Crossword is, (with just a hint of sarcasm) entitled Wellness! and comes with a set of standard and cryptic clues.
with twenty “Mixed Bag” triva type questions that get progressively harder.
and ten Logic and Maths Puzzles with in-depth solutions.
Enjoy!
By Ken Greatorex
Vic Skeptics recently moved Skeptics Café to the new venue of The Dan O’Connell Hotel (a.k.a. “The Dan”) in Carlton. We’ve been fortunate in the past with long tenures at good venues.
I arrived chez Dan with a few misgivings:
Could I park within a comfortable distance of the venue?
Would the venue suit us?
Would enough people turn up?
Would the topic be sufficiently relevant and interesting for such a “landmark” Skeptics event? View More With Leo at The Dan
The entire SGU team are coming to Skepticon in Melbourne in December!
For more details, go to our EVENTS page or the Skepticon website https://skepticon.org.au/
This month we lead off the PUZZLES PAGE with a special bonus set of Word puzzles called “Crossword Clues”, followed by the usual monthly Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag Questions, Skeptical Crossword, and Logic & Maths Puzzles.
The Skeptical Crossword is our largest ever, is themed to General Skeptical Issues and comes with a set of standard and cryptic clues.
The current PUZZLES PAGE contains all the monthly puzzles since January 2018. Hundreds of earlier puzzles, going back to 2010 can be found at:
https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/
Enjoy!
The Australian Skeptics annual convention is being hosted in Melbourne from December 6 – 8.
We are seeking a wide range of speakers including first time convention speakers and hope to highlight the efforts of energetic people from within our community as well as other outstanding people from further afield. Therefore, we are pleased to announce our “Call for Papers”.
Please see the website page for all details, including the submission form.
The deadline for Call for Papers submissions is Monday June 3.
SKEPTICON 2019 has its own dedicated website, https://skepticon.org.au. Information about venues, ticket sales, speakers etc will be announced there first. View More Skepticon – Call for Papers
New rebus-type Picture Puzzles are on the PUZZLES PAGE.
So is a link to March’s Skeptical Crossword, which is all about Predicting the Future.
You’ll also find links to 20 new Mixed Bag Questions (Trivia / General Knowledge), divided somewhat arbitrarily into “easy”and “hard”;
and 10 Logic & Maths Puzzles (complete with step-by-step solutions for the perplexed)
Scroll down the Puzzles Page for monthly puzzles going back to January 2018
Hundreds of earlier puzzles, going back to 2010 can be found at:
https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/
Enjoy!
Professor Ken Harvey, adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and described by The Age as an “anti-quackery crusader” has been appointed President of Friends of Science in Medicine.
FSM is an Australian lobby group which “supports evidence-based medicine and strongly opposes the promotion and practice of unsubstantiated therapies that lack a scientifically plausible rationale.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Harvey_(professor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Science_in_Medicine
PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event, previously advertised for Saturday February 21 will be postponed until a date in April. More to follow.
Last month we posted our perennial Darwin Day Suite of classroom activities.
It’s worth noting that the amount of other classroom support material available here on this website is considerable and has been developed and tested by practicing teachers. View More More For Schools
February’s Skeptical Crossword is themed to General Skeptical Issues, and comes in the unusual format of having the standard clue and the cryptic clue for each word displayed side by side.
New sets of Picture Puzzles, Mixed Bag Questions (Trivia / General Knowledge) and Logic & Maths Puzzles are also on the PUZZLES PAGE.
Scroll down the Puzzles Page for monthly puzzles going back to January 2018
Our earlier puzzles, going back to 2010 can be found at:
https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/
Enjoy!