The Skeptic Zone comes to Melbourne
27May. 09
Sydney Talks to Melbourne — A Night of Skepticism and Music!
Details:
4:30 – 6:30pm
Saturday 30th May
Theater A, Elizabeth Murdoch
University of Melbourne, Parkville
Help spread the word by inviting friends on Facebook.
Featuring:
– Richard Saunders - of Channel 7’s ‘The One’, Mystery Investigators, vice-president of the Australian Skeptics and co-host of The Skeptic Zone podcast. His talk is entitled “Skepticism 101: breaking down the methodology and rationalisations behind why we think weird things“
– Dr Rachel Dunlop — who has a PhD from Sydney University Medical School and works full time in heart disease research, is a committee member of the Australian Skeptics and famous for ‘Dr Rachie Reports’ on The Skeptic Zone podcast. Her talk will be entitled “Dr Rachie Reports: Adventures of a Scientist in an Alternative Medicine World”
– Kylie Sturgess — author of the popular PodBlack Cat blog, special reporter for The Skeptic Zone podcast.
– Dave The Happy Singer — A British-born musical comedian based in Sydney.
The event is totally free, is wheelchair accessible and will feature sign language translation for the deaf. Free snacks and refreshments will be provided during an intermission.
After Party details:
6:30pm till late
The Clyde Hotel
385 Cardigan Street, Carlton
Meals and alcohol available at bar prices
May 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Wow, this looks like fun! I think I’ll even fly down from Sydney to attend!
May 27th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I may even fly up to Sydney, just so I can fly down from Sydney to attend. Beat that!
May 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I have no idea what to wear.
Do i go GenX hipster doofus or Grizzly Adams sheik. Decisions decisions.……
July 1st, 2009 at 10:06 pm
[…] this year, Richard and Rachael presented at the University of Melbourne, thanks to the generous patronage of the Young Australian Skeptics and their first-class podcast ‘The Pseudo […]
March 9th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Can your group of scientists disprove the existance of the soul, in the human body. if I say the point of view “I the soul sit in the vehicle of this body, halfway between the hypothalmus gland and the pineus gland, in the centre of the head, behind the eyes. I the soul operate this body, the brain and the 5 senses, from this location of the body.”“When this body gets old or unusable I leave this body behind and usually adopt another one, usually as a fetus in a womb, but sometimes according too my story, my karmic a/c, my past actions I will adopt someone elses body, i.e possession, multi-personalities, or sometimes I am trapped in my current story but not body as a Ghost or an advisor, like what a medium would use. The first part of the submission is in fact my current outlook or attitude, the rest is heresay, or you could say is a reality
March 9th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
lulwut?
May 13th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
@Danny Healy
The existence of a soul separate to the physical brain (the mind body problem or cartesian dualism) is refuted by the laws of thermodynamics, specifically the second law
http://www.newdualism.org/papers/H.Morowitz/Morowitz-1987.htm
Essentially, everything tends towards entropy unless it has a means to harness energetic input. A non-corporeal “soul” has no way to expend energy on maintaining its state, therefore can’t exist.
Obey Thermodynamics: It’s the Law!