23 March 2013

The Randi Show - Coincidence

Randi tells the tale of a very coincidental elephant sighting and why it's so easy for laypeople to assign paranormal cause to random events that seem suspiciously contrived.

20 March 2013

Tim Farley - "Building Internet Tools for Skeptics" - TAM 6

Tim Farley, JREF research fellow and founder of WhatsTheHarm.net, talks at TAM 6 about using web 2.0 tools to promote and advance skeptical outreach.

7 March 2013

Nadia Sawalha Homeopath advocate!


I have always liked Nadia Sawalha, there is a couple of main reasons why, but I have always liked her.

And then out of nowhere she goes and makes a really really dumb admission on Twitter.

Now I have to add her to that list of dumb celebrities who have no clue what the real world is all about!

For anyone who still doubts the dangers of Homeopathy please check out the site of my good friends whatstheharm.net


28 February 2013

Neil DeGrasse Tyson - TAM 6

From The Amaz!ng Meeting 6 in Las Vegas, NV. Keynote address by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.




Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.

From 2006 to 2011 he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series.


13 February 2013

D.J. Grothe - How to be a "Perfect" Skeptic - QED 2012

Filmed at the skepticism conference QED 2012 in Manchester, UK, D.J. Grothe presents his advice on how to be a "perfect" skeptic. Grothe is a public speaker and writer on issues at the intersection of belief and scientific skepticism, and is president of The James Randi Educational Foundation. He hosts the radio show and podcast "For Good Reason".