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eSkeptic
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of the Skeptics Society
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
ISSN 1556-5696
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In this week's eSkeptic:
- Skeptic magazine: new issue on Global Warming
- FREE stuff: Junior Skeptic folder icons for MAC and PC
- Skepticality: Eugenie Scott talks Expelled
- our next lecture: Dr. Greg Benford & Dr. Elisabeth Malartre
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VOL 14 NO 1: GLOBAL WARMING
the new issue of Skeptic magazine
on newsstands now
in this issue...
* Global Warming Skepticism & the Problem with Predictions
* Hydrogen Fuel Cell Skepticism
* How We Know Global Warming is Real
* How to Save the Planet
* Last Chance to Win Randi's Million
* Houdini Conducts a Seance
* King Kong & Loch Ness -- a Surprise Connection
* Anthropologists Not Skeptical Enough
* What's Wrong with Broadcast Journalism?
reviews...
* What's so Great About Dinesh D'Souza
* The Best Damn Evolution Book Period!
* Paul Davies' Cosmic Jackpot
* Science Wars II: Norman Levitt v. Steve Fuller
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FREE JUNIOR SKEPTIC ICONS
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EUGENIE SCOTT TALKS "EXPELLED"
The contentious pro-Intelligent Design film Expelled: No
Intelligence Allowed is now in its second week of wide release, and
the controversy is far from over. This week on Skepticality, Swoopy
talks with Dr. Eugenie Scott about her participation in Expelled,
her thoughts on seeing the film -- and the "Expelled: Exposed"
website, created by the National Center for Science Education (where
Dr. Scott serves as the Executive Director).
Beyond the Expelled frenzy, Dr. Scott talks about her work with the
NCSE, the future of science education, and what the average person
can do to improve the public perception and understanding of
science.
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our next lecture ...
BEYOND HUMAN: LIVING WITH ROBOTS & CYBORGS
with Dr. Gregory Benford & Dr. Elisabeth Malartre
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Baxter Lecture Hall, Caltech
Concepts once purely fiction -- robots, cyborg parts, artificial
intelligence -- are becoming part of everyday reality. Soon robots
will be everywhere, performing surgery, exploring hazardous places,
making rescues, fighting fires, and handling heavy goods. After a
decade or two, they will be as unremarkable as computer screens are
now in our offices, airports, and restaurants. Cyborgs will be less
obvious. These additions to the human body -- rebuilt joints,
elbows, and hearts -- are mostly inferior now. Soon we will cross
the line between repair and augmentation, probably first in sports
medicine and cosmetic alterations, then for anyone who wants to make
a body perform better and last longer than it ordinarily could.
Controversy will arise, but it will not stop our desire to live
longer and be stronger than we are. Benford and Malartre are not
afraid to speculate or to focus closely on surprising things already
possible and being done...
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IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are first come first served at the door. Sorry, no advance
ticket sales. Seating is limited. $8 Skeptics Society members &
Caltech/JPL Community; $10 General Public.
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