Last night saw THE Conpiracy Debate (their title, not mine) at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Despite being billed as a general debate on conspiracy theories, it focused pretty much exclusively on the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001. The belligerents were the be-suited Steve from the 9/11 Truth group “We Are Change Manchester” (WAC) and … [Read more…]
Now, this should be very interesting. In Manchester tonight, GMSS, We Are Change Manchester, and New Internationalist Magazine are holding a debate on conspiracy theories. Judging from their Facebook event page, 9/11 and the moon landings are up for discussion, but hopefully much more will be covered. I’ve always been interested in conspiracy theories (not … [Read more…]
Well, this could be an interesting event. At rather short notice, the NHS Wirral Primary Care Trust are to hold a public meeting this Wednesday March 6th at 6:30pm in the Old Market House on Hamilton Street, Birkenhead. There they will discuss a recommendation made by their Professional Executive Committee (PEC) to discontinue Homeopathic Services … [Read more…]
I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be making a long but hopefully fruitful trip from Liverpool all the way to the south coast to speak at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub on April 14th. My talk is entitled “The Scientific Method: Uses and Abuses” where I introduce the scientific method, talk about how science … [Read more…]
The evening of Wednesday the 27th of October 2010 the Merseyside Skeptics Society hold one of their regular ‘Skeptics in the Pub events’, set as always in the grandiose Vines pub in Liverpool, a stones throw from Liverpool Lime Street station. The guest speaker was one Elizabeth Pisani, epidemiologist and author of The Wisdom of … [Read more…]