I'm up early working (mostly due to a nasty cough), but it's a optimistic, cheerful kind of day already - mostly because I discovered that the talk I couldn't attend due to being several hundred kilometers north enjoying a beachside resort with the family has been posted online! Sean Faircloth was a great person to interview and I was really sorry that I couldn't be there to hear him in person, but thankfully we can all catch his speech now. Enjoy! This talk was sponsored by the Humanist … [Read more...]
Perth Talk – Science, Atheism And The Joyful Life By Sean Faircloth, Richard Dawkins Foundation
June 17, 2013 By 1 Comment
NECSS Presentation – Sharon Hill With Sounds Sciencey
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New Article Out On CSICOP… And Yes, Lots Of People Support Vaccination
June 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
Firstly, a beautiful view: Okay, take my word for it, it's lovely. Right? Lovely, lovely. Going for a walk after this. Firstly, huge admiration to everyone who genuinely cares about stamping out anti-vaccination efforts in this country. I do too. Here's the article I wrote in 2012: Wings over the Woodford Folk Festival - Protesting by Plane with the Stop The Anti-Vaccination Network - January 25, 2012. There's even a podcast and encouragement to sign a petition. Here's the article … [Read more...]
On Vaccinations – Australia Continues To Take A Stand For Health – Token Skeptic Podcast
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New Token Skeptic podcast: Episode One Hundred And Sixty One – On Vaccinations – Interview With Associate Professor Peter Richmond. Tomorrow morning's Sunday Telegraph in Australia - and already online: Grieving parents speak out against anti-vaccination extremists - The Sunday Telegraph: ...As Toni held her tiny baby, she couldn't comprehend the loss, or how they would survive the sorrow. Little did they know then that Dana's death from whooping cough, and the media coverage … [Read more...]
Blogging Your Way To A Thesis In Parapsychology (AKA Superstitions Aren’t So Bad After All)
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Siouxsie asked via Twitter if I could resurect a blog post about blogging (how meta...) from a while back - so, just before I run out the door in order to go do some radio-recording volunteering at a central city campus (interviewing people about career choices via street vox pop!), I decided to zip a few details down. There's a lot of interest in the influence of online writing upon science communication, some of it will most likely be discussed at a forthcoming convention, … [Read more...]
2013 NECSS Panel Video – Critical Thinking In Education
May 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
One of the comments on the video is "critical thinking should be taught from kindergarten..." - well, yes, it can be: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1824-what-is-philosophy-for-children-p4c-encouraging-a-critical-mindset-for-all-ages.html … [Read more...]
Australia’s Daily Telegraph Continues #NoJabNoPlay Campaign – Gets Tony Abbott Endorsement
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Morning paper in New South Wales - for the 12th May! What have they continued to serve up? Let's get political! By Jane Hansen - Tony Abbott backs No Jab, No Play campaign: A TONY Abbott-led government will crack down on people who choose not to vaccinate their children by supporting childcare centres' right to turn away children who are not immunised and by reviewing family benefit payments to vaccine refusers. In response to The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph's No Jab, No Play … [Read more...]
Links Du Jour – Jamy Ian Swiss Video At FreeThought Alliance, Farewell Eugenie Scott And Amanda Berry Psychic Fail #NoJabNoPlay
May 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
Jamy Ian Swiss at the Orange County Freethought Alliance conference May 4, 2013. Here you go: Related - PZ Myers quits skeptic movement, should we care? - by Massimo Pigliucci: But there is something to be learned here, which is why I will use this specific incident to make a broader point about what I think is really problematic in the skeptic movement. ...I think the primary problem with the skeptic movement — of which I am and remain a proud member — is that too many people, … [Read more...]
PZ Myers Says Goodbye To Skepticism #SSAWeek
May 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Hour Fourteen of the Token Skeptic Sunday Sessions! DONATE HERE! There’s 24 posts for every hour of today, looking at issues involving secularism, skepticism, atheism, feminism, science, philosophy and more - in order to support and urge you to donate to SSAWeek2013 at SecularStudents.org. ****** Here's a semi-live blog for you... it just kind of happened now. Well, 45 minutes ago now. Which is around 9pm my time, but according to these blog-posts that are fixed on some … [Read more...]
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