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October 23, 2015

The Skeptic’s Guide to Tarot

This post revisits a post from 2010.
Our “Skeptics Guides” are also available in .pdf and can be downloaded from our USEFUL INFO page

The appeal of Tarot as a method of fortune telling seems inextricably linked to the exotic nature and large number of cards which make up the deck; they seem so ancient and unfamiliar to people used to the standard, modern, boring 53 card deck of four suits plus joker that their origins must surely be mystical. View More The Skeptic’s Guide to Tarot

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September 30, 2015

October Puzzles

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The OCTOBER 2015 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
is all about PARANORMAL PASTIMES;

Click for
OCTOBER 2015 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS:

and there are new PICTURE PUZZLES and MIXED BAG QUESTIONS at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE

Enjoy!

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September 27, 2015

A Skeptic’s Guide to Homeopathy

March 2015 saw the release of the Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s  Statement on Homeopathy. It concluded:  

“..that there is no good quality evidence to support the claim that homeopathy is effective in treating health conditions.”

That’s as good a reason as any to revisit the following article, first seen here in 2010.

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Homeopathy is an “alternative medicine” invented in the early 19th century by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann. Despite numerous experiments showing homeopathy to have no effect, it has become a multi-million dollar international industry with its own special rules in advertising law.

View More A Skeptic’s Guide to Homeopathy

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August 31, 2015

September Puzzles

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SEPTEMBER 2015 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
on RELIGIOUS IMAGERY ;

or the
SEPTEMBER 2015 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS

new PICTURE PUZZLES and  MIXED BAG QUESTIONS  at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE

Enjoy!

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August 27, 2015

Special Event – Susan Gerbic

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Thursday 1st October 2015

Affectionately called The Wikipediatrician, Susan Gerbic is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics, and a regular contributor to SKEPTICALITY podcast and the founder of the GUERILLA SKEPTICISM on WIKIPEDIA project. She received the “In the Trenches” award at CFI’s 2012 Skeptic’s Toolbox, and the James Randi award for Skepticism in the Public Interest in 2013. Gerbic’s efforts to clean up pseudoscience on Wikipedia and create pages for well-known skeptics has made her a “super villain” in the eyes of the paranormal community. You can contact her at SusanGerbic.com

7.30 pm

The Club Room,

La Notte Restaurant 140 Lygon Street Carlton

($5 entry)

(Join us for an al fresco meal from 6pm)

 

 

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July 31, 2015

For the Classroom

Untitled Capture-03Vic Skeptics produces original classroom material, which we make available free.
It’s mainly aimed at Science teaching and learning, but it serves a wide range of topics and age groups.

We invite you to look over and sample our down-loadable .pdfs, which include:

  • “A Skeptics Guide to ……“  discussion sheets
  • Crosswords (blackline masters)
  • Wordsearches and quizzes (blackline masters)
  • Cryptograms (blackline masters)
  • The Darwin Day Suite of classroom exercises

Go HERE or click on the USEFUL INFO tab at the top of the page

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July 31, 2015

August Puzzles

 

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AUGUST 2015 CROSSWORD PUZZLE

has the theme of OSTEOPATHY, in the light of our recent article on that topic.

There’s the usual monthly set of

LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS

with seven new Picture Puzzles and twenty new Mixed Bag Questions  at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE

Enjoy!

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June 30, 2015

July Puzzles

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Our

JULY 2015 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

has the theme of CONSPIRACY THEORIES

There’s also a set of
JULY 2015 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS

Seven new Picture Puzzles and twenty new Mixed Bag Questions have been placed at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE

Enjoy!

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June 12, 2015

Victorian Skeptics Treasurer Awarded OAM

royRoy Arnott, long-standing treasurer for the Victorian Skeptics, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the recent Queen’s birthday honours list. He received the honour for his service to the preservation of military history and to veterans.

Continue reading HERE.

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Also honoured was Australian Skeptics co-founder and patron Dick Smith, who was created a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).

Dick has supported a range of humanitarian, social welfare and conservation organisations, medical research and the arts, among them Australian Skeptics

Continue reading HERE

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May 30, 2015

June Puzzles

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Our JUNE 2015 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE has CULTS & SECTS as its theme.

Here are the

JUNE 2015 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS

Seven new Picture Puzzles and twenty new Mixed Bag Questions have been placed at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE

Enjoy!

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