Skepticamp! Science as a candle in the dark...
Skepticamp is a flexibly organized, collaborative conference on science and critical thinking. Skepticamp is not your typical medical conference with high fees, bad PowerPoint, long talks and little interaction with speakers. Skepticamps are open, collaborative, interactive, and FREE.
There are 10 speakers on the agenda for the Toronto event:
1. Erik Davis - Thinking About Magical Thinking
2. Behzad Elahi - How to make sense of medical literature / levels of evidence / Clinical trials
3. Scott Gavura - Undecided - Health product licensing, Homeopathy, etc
4. Michael Kruse - Naturopathy
5. Michael MacMay - Libel Law, Skeptics, and the Internet: A Primer
6. Karl Mamer - Conspiracy theories
7. Iain Martel - Philosophy of Science and Pseudoscience (or Why Skeptics Should Stop Talking about Falsifiability)
8. Jeff Orchard - It's not enough to just be right Can we overcome the irrational pitfalls of human
psychology? Maybe, maybe not. I say, If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
9. Steve Thoms - Politics, Policy, Skeptical Activism
10. Justin Trottier - Critical Thinking in High Schools
Read all about it, and sign up by clicking the link below:
http://networkedblogs.com/8KVap
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