BOSTON SKEPTICS » skepticism http://bostonskeptics.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:05:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Events Reminder http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/11/events-reminder/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/11/events-reminder/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:42 +0000 Jared http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=526 Hi folks! Just thought I’d pop in here to remind you all of a few upcoming events!

First, a few Boston Skeptics will be getting together (as was suggested on our Twitter feed, which you SHOULD be following) to watch The Men Who Stare at Goats. This is the film adaptation of skeptic (and super best friend of our own Rebecca Watson) Jon Ronson‘s book of the same name. We’re going to the 8:30PM screening at the AMC Boston Common theatre (across from the Boylston stop on the Green Line). This is a very informal get-together, so if you’d like to meet up, get there early and look for us in the lobby. At the very least, let us know you’ll be there in the comments section and maybe we can all grab a drink and discuss the film afterwards!

Second, the inaugural meeting of the Boston Skeptics Book Club will be taking place this Saturday, Nov. 7th at 2:00 PM at the Clear Conscience Cafe in Central Square. Join Mary Brock and Liz Gaston in kicking off what (we hope) will be a great forum for reading and discussing the vast canon of skeptical and scientific literature!

Finally, don’t forget about this month’s AWESOME Boston Skeptics in the Pub event featuring the amazing George Hrab! That’s coming up on Monday,  Nov. 23rd (the Monday before Thanksgiving), at our usual place and time. We’ll put up a full post about that soon, but for now you should head over to the Facebook Event page and RSVP so we can give Tommy Doyle’s a rough head count.

That’s it for now, but if you have any ideas for events or speakers, feel free to let us know in the comments! Hope to see you all soon :)

]]> http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/11/events-reminder/feed/ 3 Book Club is coming! http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/book-club-is-coming/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/book-club-is-coming/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:49:43 +0000 Liz http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=522 Another new Boston Skeptics event is coming up soon! Mary Brock and I will be holding our first book club meeting on Saturday, November 7th at 2pm. We will be meeting at the Clear Conscience Cafe in Central Square.  Mary and I are hoping to get to know everyone and find out what you are looking for in the book club!

We are very excited to get this club up and running. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or email Mary at mary.brock@gmail.com.

]]> http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/book-club-is-coming/feed/ 7 What Are You Reading? http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/what-are-you-reading/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/what-are-you-reading/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:00:58 +0000 Liz http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=463 I’ve been thinking a lot about reading lately, in part because of a really cool new Boston Skeptics meetup that is currently in development.  I’m new to active Skepticism, so for the past few months I have been avidly reading books related to science and skepticism.  I’m fairly certain I’ve finished more books since January than I did in all four years of college (unless you count Agatha Raisin mysteries).  Right now I’m in the middle of God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (that one gets some funny looks on the bus), and while it is a good read and very interesting, I won’t lie:  I can’t wait to finish so I can start Simon Singh’s Trick or Treatment.  I often find myself in a conundrum at the bookstore, trying to decide what topic to read about next. Atheism? Evolution? Quantum mechanics? Quackery? Gaaaa!

Help me out: What are you currently reading, how do you decide what to read next, and what are your recommendations for fellow skeptics?

]]> http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/what-are-you-reading/feed/ 10 Skeptics in the Yard http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/skeptics-in-the-yard/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/skeptics-in-the-yard/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000 Liz http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=444 Our first Boston Skeptics family event is here! Our friend Kerry turned me on to the Harvard Peabody Museum, which is having its Harvard Yard Archaeology family program on Saturday, October 24th from 9:30 am-12:30 pm (RSVP on Facebook).  From what I read here, we will get to meet the archaeologists involved with the excavation of 17th Century Harvard.  The event is free, and takes place right in Harvard Yard.  Bring your skeptical children! Plus, check out this bonus…

If you would like to go out to lunch with other skeptical parents afterwards, leave a comment including the ages of your children and I will personally babysit those kiddos (I am a teacher, I currently teach preschool, and I have plenty of experience with kids of all ages).  I will also make sure to have enough adults helping out for the number of kids chilling with me, so make sure to leave a comment! Once I know numbers and ages, we can figure out a definite plan for the kids (which will of course involve lunch).  Enjoy!

Facebook event page

]]> http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/10/skeptics-in-the-yard/feed/ 1 Pancakes Are Coming! http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/09/pancakes-are-coming/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/09/pancakes-are-coming/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:24 +0000 Liz http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=423 It’s been a while since our last Skeptics Brunch (and a crazy couple of months for the Boston Skeptics), but we have finally scheduled our next tasty outing! This time we will be meeting on Saturday, October 10th at Asgard in Cambridge.  As usual, we will be there at 11 am and will probably stay for a couple of hours. Be there!

]]> http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/09/pancakes-are-coming/feed/ 2 Monday, February 23: Skeptics in the Pub with Tim Farley http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/02/monday-february-23-skeptics-in-the-pub-with-tim-farley/ http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/02/monday-february-23-skeptics-in-the-pub-with-tim-farley/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:51:27 +0000 Rebecca http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=101 WHO
This month’s guest speaker is Tim Farley, who runs the web site What’s The Harm?, where he details the injustices caused by belief in superstition and pseudoscience.

WHERE
Tommy Doyle’s
Harvard Square
(top floor)
96 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

WHEN
Monday, February 23, 2009
7pm

HOW MUCH
Free!

Facebook Event Page
(join the Boston-area Skeptics group to get all invites)

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