If This Be Selling
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We skeptics are often eager to share the wonders of critical thinking with family, friends and associates. Good.
Some of us unabashedly and not very artfully seize the smallest opportunity to bring the topic into any conversation. Friend: “I have a new recipe for cookies.” You: “Sylvia Browne looks like she eats lots of cookies. Speaking of which, here is what the evidence says about psychics…”
Some of us find subtler ways. How many of you, like me, keep a copy of Why People Believe Weird Things in plain sight in hopes of prompting questions?
Once we get a conversation started, we trot out evidence, debunk, and recommend websites, books, magazines and podcasts. We hope that at least some of the people we thus regale will embrace skepticism.
There’s a word for that kind of activity. “Selling.”
Change to TAM Schedule involving Penn & Teller
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Because of a change in their performance schedule that will take them out of the country, Penn and Teller will not be performing their show at the Rio during the dates of The Amazing Meeting, as originally announced. As a result, the JREF will be refunding the purchase price of the discounted tickets for everyone who registered for the show and/or bus service to it.
Penn and Teller have always been very generous to the JREF, every year offering discounted tickets to their acclaimed show for TAM attendees. While they won't be in town during all of the conference this year, they will be attending the first day of TAM, Thursday, July 8th, and we have a special event planned with them, which we will announce next week.
TAM Forum Grant Info
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The TAM8 Forum Grant fund allows students and others who need financial assistance to attend The Amaz!ng Meeting 8. Scholarships apply directly to the TAM8 registration fee. Below is information on appying and donating. Read more: TAM Forum Grant Info This Is How Rumors Get Started, Part I: Chip Coffey
Of course, I would think so, since I’m the one that nominated you. I’m also the one that wrote the scathing editorial about your vicious, exploitive show — the one that sent you into spasms of frenzied Tweeting when you finally laid eyes on the thing last Friday. That’s right, Chip — it wasn’t James Randi. It was I. But how did you respond? By accusing Randi and the JREF of gay-bashing. Here’s your Tweet: On Friday 2nd April 2010, @chipcoffey said: How ironic is it that an article on Randi's website - written before he came out of the closet recently - negatively alludes to me being gay. Pot. Kettle. Black! Read more: This Is How Rumors Get Started, Part I: Chip Coffey James Randi Speaks: My Fortune
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Hello, Chip Coffey. I hope you don’t mind my addressing you directly, since you are now apparently a reader of our webpage. And I hope you don’t mind if I am the first JREF staff member to publicly congratulate you for winning a Pigasus Award last week. Congrats, you old devil. You’ve earned it.