Hey everybody! The Carl Sagan party was a huge success, with about 40 people in attendance. Not bad for a cheesy dead astronomer from the 80s. This upcoming week is very exciting because blogger, activist, and humanist notable Jen McCreight is coming up from Seattle SPECIFICALLY TO TALK TO US. She is really funny. And [...]
Hey everyone! Sorry about the short notice, but it looks like we WILL be having an event this week. First, we’re having a meeting at 4:00 pm in Higher Grounds Cafe. We’re having the meeting early because at 5:00 pm we will be watching billions and billions of episodes of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos with the [...]
Jennifer McCreight, made (in)famous for founding the Boobquake movement, will be doing a remarkable 4 talks in 4 days in Vancouver and the SFU Skeptics are proud to be presenting the first of her talks! From her website, the talks are: Simon Fraser University Skeptics Thurs. Nov. 25 3:30-5:30 pm in AQ 5037 Atheism and [...]
I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a meeting tomorrow at 5 pm in the pub. See you there! George Rating 3.00 out of 5
We used to have a forum. No one used it. Then spam took over it and now I’ve taken it down rather than deal with the mess. If you really, really, really want the forum back, post a comment here and we’ll discuss it that way for now. Rating 3.00 out of 5
Unlike last week, there IS a Skeptics Meeting this week, at the Highland Pub on Friday at 5:00 pm. 1. We’ll be putting the finishing touches on the Superstition Obstacle Course. 2. We’ve been invited to another conference thing. 3. The Marci Macdonald talk is coming up so maybe a little preparation for that is [...]
A message from the SkeptiCamp organizers: We still have room, so spread the word. Posters are available for print on the website. http://vancouver.skepticamp.org/2010/10/vancouver-skepticamp-2010-ii-posters/ Please put one up in your school, work, or wherever you think science fans and critical thinkers would be. Also, we have some space left for speakers. If you are timid, one [...]
Marci McDonald, journalist and author of The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada will be speaking for the BC Humanists and SFU Skeptics on October 27th at SFUs Harbour Centre in room 1900. The talk will begin just after 8:00PM and will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. The Book [...]
The SFU Skeptics and UBC Freethinkers are joining forces this weekend for a trip to Science World to see the Body Worlds Brain exhibit. We’re all planning to meet there at 6:30 PM. If you email George and get your money to him by Friday, tickets are only $15, otherwise tickets are $18 at the [...]
Hello, everyone. 1. A Facebook event has been made for the Superstition Obstacle Course. There is a tentative list of the items we’ll need. If you can bring some or any of them, please make that clear. We need YOUR help. 2. Our very own Jakob Liljenwall will be giving a talk on magic, skepticism, [...]
