Off to Canada Celebrating the Exposure of "Psychic Sally"
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Well, folks, I'm off today for Canada for a nine-city speaking tour, sponsored by our friends at Centre for Inquiry Canada. For the full schedule, see JREF's outreach coordinator Brian Thompson's announcement. I look forward to seeing any of our fellow skeptics in Canada at these talks, and I invite you to be sure that you come up and say hello, and I assure you I will not bite. In fact, I may well even sign a book or two for you!
Speaking of other skeptic news, I was overjoyed to see the science writer Chris French's exposure of famed UK "psychic," "Psychic Sally," in yesterday's The Guardian.
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See James Randi In 9 Canadian Cities
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James Randi's whirlwind lecture tour of Canada is just about to begin. From September 22-30, Randi will be entertaining and educating audien
ces in nine cities with his unique magician's perspective on how the human mind can fool itself into believing the impossible. Here's the full schedule:
Thursday, September 22 - Vancouver, BC - Denman Cinema (ticket information)
Friday, September 23 - Kelowna, BC - University of British Columbia, Okanagan (ticket information)
Saturday, September 24 - Calgary, AB - University of Calgary (ticket information)
Sunday, September 25 - Edmonton, AB - University of Alberta (ticket information)
Monday, September 26 - Saskatoon, SK - Roxy Theatre (ticket information)
Tuesday, September 27 - Toronto, ON - Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown (ticket information)
Skeptics at the Metaphysical Fair
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A few weeks ago a group of Mile High skeptics decided to attend the Denver Metaphysical Fair.
The $5 admission charge covered entrance to a number of workshops and seminars. These included: “Astral travel”, “Reversing the curse”, “Dowsing to protect your home and workplace”, “How not to take on other people’s energy”, “Communicating with your angels”, “Ghosts and how they influence us”, and “You are sensitive!” Fair activities included a meditation room, a labyrinth, a vortex, and a Community Drumming Circle.
Entrance also gave attendees access to vendors peddling everything from the usual incense and candles to the Bio Mat, an infrared light bed with amethyst crystals and negative ions that “reverses the aging process”. There were also a large number of “psychics, mediums and healers” offering 20-minute readings for $20.
Diversity at The Amaz!ng Meeting 9
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Earlier this week, Christian Walters of the Atlanta Skeptics posted an article entitled "Spelling Diversityjf without JREF" on his blog The Man Version. Don't worry, the spelling of that headline is intentional, since Christian is a hilarious writer. In fact, the whole blog is funny, insightful, and worth a read.
In this article, Christian raises some thoughtful points about diversity in the skeptics community. His main thesis is that diversity is the responsibility more of local skeptical organizations than national and international ones like the JREF. It's a point well taken. Many people are first exposed to associating with like-minded skeptics by attending Skeptics in the Pub meetings or group discussions at their local science centers or schools. If someone is made to feel unwelcome by a lack of diversity at the local level, it makes sense that she or he would think twice about traveling to a big event like TAM for fear of encountering the same kind of homogeneous atmosphere.
Watch James Randi LIVE on BlogTV for Doctors Without Borders
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This Sunday, September 18th, James Randi will be appearing live on BlogTV to talk about his storied career as a magician and skeptic. It's all part of an annual 24-hour charity event on BlogTV benefiting Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres). Last year, the event raised nearly $50,000, and we're hoping to top that this weekend.
Randi will be appearing at 9:00am EST at this link.
And for more information, you can visit the event's website here. Some of the other guests lined up include Eugenie Scott and Barbara Forrest of the National Center for Science Education, science blogger PZ Myers, and author Michael Shermer of Skeptic magazine. Don't miss it!
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