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August Event: Fake Medicine: Exposing the wellness crazes, cons and quacks costing us our health
Canberra Skeptics proudly presents: Fake Medicine: Exposing the wellness crazes, cons and quacks costing us our health Date: Monday, 16 August 2021 Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (AEST) Speaker: Dr Brad McKay Please register via Zoom. (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7jpKqQ1QRKOrTflGWF5icg) Dr Brad McKay, GP and experienced science communicator, investigates the myths, scams and fads … Continue reading
June Event: Learning from Indigenous memory methods with Dr Lynne Kelly
Canberra Skeptics proudly presents: Learning from Indigenous memory methods Date: Monday, 14 June 2021 Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (AEDT) Speaker: Dr Lynne Kelly Please register via Zoom. (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ig5zmwgtTJW2Puey5WsSlQ) Indigenous cultures are usually represented as living in a fog of superstition … Continue reading
May Event: What is Humanism with Mary-Anne Cosgrove
Canberra Skeptics proudly presents: What is Humanism Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2021 Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (AEDT) Speaker: Mary-Anne Cosgrove Please register via Zoom. (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MD0h0gVDRCC-RGfusEDdaA) For tens, even hundreds of thousands of years, humans have been wondering about their place … Continue reading
April Event: The Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project
Canberra Skeptics proudly presents: The Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (AEDT) Speaker: Richard Saunders Please register via Zoom. (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C_CFKd9mTai8rHkYSrqRRQ) Year after year, especially around December and January, morning TV shows, radio and … Continue reading
March Event: Nuking the Moon
Canberra Skeptics proudly presents: Nuking the Moon: An interview with Dr. Vince Houghton Date: Sunday, 14 March 2021 Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm (AEDT) Speaker: Dr. Vince Houghton Please register via Zoom. (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kq91DMniT66YXElNOK_vug) The world of intelligence and espionage is one … Continue reading
February Event and Skeptics in the Pub
Fellow skeptics, I trust that you all had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to 2021. As discussed late last year, Canberra Skeptics was planning to restart the Skeptics in the Pub. I am delighted to … Continue reading
September Event and AGM
Fellow skeptics, While Canberra is currently COVID-19 free, the environment is still very uncertain and, therefore, we will not be holding any in-person events any time soon. We all hope that we are able to return to some degree of normalcy … Continue reading
August Event: Successes and Failures of Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking
Canberra Skeptics Proudly Presents: Successes and Failures of Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking Date and Time: Sunday, 16 August 2020, 10:00am – 11:00am, AEST How to join: Register via Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5mckiv08Q1-4o8luao_6lg Events over the last 12 months have demonstrated … Continue reading
2020
Fellow skeptics, In light of the increasing spread of COVID-19, and the need to practice social distancing, I have hereby decided to cancel all Canberra Skeptics events for the foreseeable future. Once it is deemed safe to do so, we will … Continue reading
March Event
**CANCELLATION** Fellow skeptics, It is with great regret that I must inform you that, due to the growing threat presented by COVID-19, I have decided to cancel the upcoming Friday, 13th March talk. I did not make this decision lightly, but I did so out an abundance … Continue reading
