Bay Area Skeptics

The San Francisco Bay Area's skeptical organization since 1982

“I fear the coming of the Big Stupid”

Jon CarrollJon CarrollJon Carroll understands, promotes, and appreciates science, which we in the Bay Area can be grateful for. CLICK HERE to read Jon’s excellent article in the SF Gate, “OMG, What Is In Your Drinking Water.”

In this column he nails a Portland official for ridiculously draining 38 million gallons of water because someone allegedly urinated in it. That’s 3 parts/billion: a lower level than permitted for arsenic. But read the rest of the article for a very satisfying description of how science works, why it’s important to pay attention to it, and why “science is a linchpin of modern society”. I sure wish he’d be willing to speak some year for SkeptiCal. (And do you have your ticket yet?)


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