Las Vegas Weekly Reviews TAM 8
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Rick Lax of Las Vegas Weekly attended TAM and was surprised to find what we've known all along – Skeptics aren't the nay-saying curmudgeons that they're made out to be. In fact, he had quite a nice time and has many interesting things to say about his experiences.
He examines in some depth the question asked by a moon hoax afficianado of Adam Savage, and discusses the honesty of skeptics with Richard Dawkins. And he learned the history of the skeptics movment in a hot tub.
Read all this and more, at Las Vegas Weekly.
Big Homeopathy
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"Homeopathy is safe and has no side effects, yet 'Big Pharama' keeps pushing their poisons on us because they're greedy."
Have you heard this before? I have. If modern medicines have side-effects or aren't effective in 100% of cases, the reason doctors don't stop using them is because so-called 'Big Pharma' makes tons of money off of them.
Well, part of that is true. Pharmaceutical companies do make money from the products they make. Just like McDonalds or Home Depot or.... hey, what's this? Companies that make homeopathic products make money too!
Let's consider just one: Boiron.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Interviews James Randi and Banachek
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- Interview with Randi & Banachek
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- Report from TAM8
- Monster Star
- Anti-Vax in Oz
- Kabbalah Bracelet
- Monkey Fossil
- Monkeys in the Pants
- Libel Tourism Bill
- Who's That Noisy
- Science or Fiction
Another Way to Help
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Like millions of Americans, I went to the local movie theater last weekend and watched the world bend in the Leonardo DiCapprio movie Inception. And while the movie didn't leave me with much to talk about, the pre-show Powerpoint presentation did. Mixed in amongst the ads for local eateries and trivia questions, was an announcement for a clincial study of an experimental vaccine against the virus that causes Dengue Fever, a disease which affects tens of millions of people each year.
The people developing this vaccine could be responsible for saving a very large number of lives, and I'd just been invited to help out. I snapped a picture of the slide with my iPhone and gave them a call after the movie.
Bad Astronomer - Bad Universe
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Unless you are new to the JREF, you know who Phil Plait is. Blogger, skeptic celebrity, and past-president of the JREF, he left the JREF last year to pursue a secret television project, even as he remains connected to our efforts, having recently spoken at TAM8 and serving on our advisory committee. Everyone at the JREF is very excited to announce that his new TV show is appearing soon on the Discovery Channel. Called Bad Universe, his new program will promote skepticism about pseudoscience and offer scientific explanations of the mysteries of the universe, in addition to giving Phil's popular take on topics in astronomy. The trailer looks amazing! From all of us at the James Randi Educational Foundation -- Congratulations, Phil -- it is high time that your work gains an even wider audience.
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