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28 May – Virtual Skeptics in the Pub
29 May – Skeptical Inquirer Presents/li>
10 June – Skeptics in a Real Pub
12 June – SkepTalk
23 August – SkeptiCal 2025

Virtual Skeptics in the Pub

WHAT: Virtual Skeptics in the Pub

This is a casual night of socializing with fellow skeptics and with others inhabiting our oblate spheroidal planet.

Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.

WHEN: Wednesday May 28, 7-9pm Pacific (GMT-7)

HOW: Online HERE. Passcode: 1023

SkepTalk

Nick Matzke, University of Aukland

“The biology class you wished you could have taken”: Kitzmiller v. Dover, 20 years later

2025 is 100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, and 20 years after the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover court case, in which I participated while working at the National Center for Science Education. The Kitzmiller case included extensive expert testimony on the science of evolution, and the historical development of “intelligent design” and related antievolution efforts. While the case made in 2005 holds up very well, there have been interesting developments in both areas that I will review. These include work on the evolutionary origins of the bacterial flagellum done in a phylogenetic context, and work applying phylogenetic methods to trace the copying history of antievolutionist legislation. I will also reflect on lessons we learned during the case and how they remain relevant today.

PRESENTER: Nick Matzke is a Senior Lecturer and Rutherford Discovery Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. From 2004-2007 he was a Public Information Project Director at the National Center for Science Education, and was heavily involved in the 2004-2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in Pennsylvania about the constitutionality of teaching “intelligent design” creationism in public school biology classes.

WHEN: Thursday 12 June 7:30 PM Pacific (GMT-7)

HOW: Livestream. Click HERE

Skeptical Inquirer Presents

Dan Wilson

From Conspiracy Theorist to Debunker

Battling misinformation and pseudoscience in the modern information age is necessary (and sometimes thankless) work. The need for engaged, effective science communicators is greater than ever, especially in the online media spaces where conspiracy theories and pseudoscience thrive. Wilson will discuss his experiences debunking pseudoscience and misinformation online and what works—and doesn’t work—when talking to people who believe in or spread misinfor

PRESENTER: Dan Wilson is a biologist and the science communicator behind the Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson YouTube channel.

WHEN: Thursday 29 May 4 PM Pacific (GMT-7)

HOW: Free Livestream. Register HERE

Skeptics in a REAL Pub

WHAT: Skeptics in the Pub

Enjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula.

Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.

WHEN: Tuesday June 10, 7-9 PM

WHERE: Fiddlers Green, 333 El Camino Real, Millbrae. Accessible by Caltrain, BART, Bus, & Bicycle.

HOW:Click here if you can offer a ride or would like a ride to & from Skeptics in the Pub; or just show up. Be prepared to pay another participant for drink & delectables: cash, check, Apple Pay, Venmo, Zelle, et al. [Our group will receive a single check from the Head Leprechaun.]