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I am late to the party on this one (mistakingly thought it was next week). I’m just pasting in the only info I have from an email I was forwarded. All online info I’ve been able to find on this comes from ID websites and is the same cut n’ paste job. (No link love [...]
Roadtrip?!
Our neighbors to the west, Central Ohioans for Rational Inquiry (CORI), are organizing an Ohio SkeptiCamp for May. If you’re not familiar with BarCamps, let me quote Wikipedia: “user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants.” Throw in skepticism and science and you’ve got SkeptiCamp. Now add the CORI crew [...]
Upcoming Events – Darwin edition!
Did you know that Pittsburgh is home to an amazing Charles Darwin impersonator?
Dr. David Campbell of The Darwin Center For Science & Reason brings Darwin to life in Darwin Remembers, a theatrical experience from the voyage of The Beagle to his death with actors recreating the voices from the past. I’ve seen this performance on [...]
Illusory Pattern Perception
I recently came across this study from the October 3rd issue of the journal Science. It’s about how decreased control over life circumstances increases “Illusory Pattern Perception,” which is the tendency to see connections or meaningful relationships among random data where no such connections exist–basically, it’s apophenia caused by decreased control.
The “decreased control” part of [...]
Lawrence Krauss to Speak at Science Center Oct 3rd!
I just got wind of a really exciting event happening in Pittsburgh. The Creative Non-Fiction Writers Conference 2008 is presenting on Science and Technology from October 2-4. They have a myriad of events for writers as well as those just interested in hearing engaging panel discussions and readings from leading voices in the scientific community. [...]
Café Scientifique Pittsburgh is back!
After a break for the summer, Café Scientifique Pittsburgh is now back with a new meetup schedule for September. Café Scientifique hosts gatherings (not quite sure if they are monthly yet) where regular folks like ourselves can get a chance to talk to an expert in a scientific field in plain, everyday English. They start [...]
Wednesday Roundup
On Wednesdays I’m going to try and post a list of interesting skeptical and science links from the blogosphere that will give you something to read mid-week, and something to discuss when Drinking Skeptically rolls around again. Feel free to add your interesting finds in the comments!
Dr. Steven Novella, who you might know as one [...]
