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15 June – North Bay Skeptics [Online]
8 July – SkepTalk [Online]

North Bay Skeptics – Online

WHAT: We are humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics or undeclared, who gather for chatting, mingling, eating, and joke telling, all while consuming non-homeopathic liquids.

WHEN: Tuesday 15 June 7:00PM

WHERE: Online

HOW: Brought to you by the North Bay Skeptics.

SkepTalk – Online

Mark Boslough, Ph.D.

WHAT: Tilting at Strawmen and Other Tricks of Climate Denial Enablers
Public perception of the climate controversy has been shaped in large part by a false narrative created by media that strive for “point/counterpoint” debates that seem “fair and balanced” to the uninformed. This framing reinforces the notion that there are actually two legitimate sides: mainstream scientists and contrarians. The most effective contrarians are not climate change deniers–they accept the fact that global warming is real and caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels and other human influences. They understand the science but specialize in misrepresenting it and using logical fallacies and rhetorical tricks to stoke mistrust of climate scientists, thereby enabling denial and influencing climate politics. The new book “Unsettled” provides many examples of denial enablement.

WHO: Mark Boslough received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech and was a member of the technical staff at Sandia for more than 30 years specializing in physics, geophysics, computer science, and national security applications. He now splits his time between Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of New Mexico, working on planetary defense and planetary science projects and modeling the effects of asteroid impacts and airbursts.

WHEN: Thursday 8 July 7:30pm PDT (02:30 UTC)

WHERE: Online. Link coming soon.

HOW: Presented FREE by the Bay Area Skeptics

WHY: Because we are curious creatures.

SkepTalk – Online

WHO: John Cook

WHAT: What to do about Misinformation (in Four Dimensions)

WHEN: Thursday 12 August 7:30PM PT

SkepTalk – Online

WHO: Richard Saunders

WHEN: Thursday 9 September 7:30PM

SkepTalk – Online

WHO: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

WHEN: Thursday 11 November 7:30PM

SkepTalk – Online

WHO: A.J. White

WHAT: Dangers of the “Lost Civilization” Trope

WHEN: Thursday 12 December 7:30PM

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