Author Archives: Chicago Skeptics

2012 05/19 Baseball buff Nik discusses the use/misuse of baseball stats

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM Black Rock 3614 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL We’ll be in the back room Let’s Play Ball! Spring baseball season! Moneyball made a great case for data. Sounds great that somebody applied statistics to the … Continue reading →

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2012 05/26 College of Curiosity (in St. Louis)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Saturday, May 26, 2012, 9:00 AM – 3:00 (or much later) City Museum 701 N. 15th St., St. Louis, MO (From official site) http://curious1729.com College of Curiosity is an intense one-day conference and workshop held at the indescribable City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri … Continue reading →

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2012 10/20 Of Interest: Hemant Mehta Light in the Night Walk

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Saturday, October 20, 2012 7:00 PM Upper Hutchison Field 1150 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL (edit map) I’m sure there will be signs. SELECTED BY: JENNIFER From Friend of the Group Hemant Mehta: I’d like to bring together a bunch of skeptics/atheists to raise money … Continue reading →

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2012 12/22 Post-2012-Apocalypse Party

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM Let’s celebrate the world NOT ending the day before. Location: TBD Chicago, IL 60660 – USA Details on Meetup.com

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Crazy SGU marathon meetup/slumber party!

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Friday, September 23 at 7:00 PM Many of us came to the skeptical community after having found the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast. Apparently there are plans in the works for some sort of live SGU video/podcast 24-hour event, … Continue reading →

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Drinking Skeptically with Joshie Berger

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Friday, September 30 at 7:00 PM Joshie Berger is kind of a complex character. Went from almost getting kicked off to winning America’s Worst Cook on the Food Network. Went from a Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish insular lifestyle to an unapologetic, … Continue reading →

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Massimo Pigliucci: The intelligent person’s guide to the meaning of life

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Sunday, September 18 at 10:30 AM Popular speaker, skeptic, philosopher, “Rationally Speaking” co-host Massimo Pigliucci, author of “Nonsense on Stilts” will be speaking on the humble ( ) topic of “The Meaning of Life” (not the Monty Python version, I … Continue reading →

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Special Workshop with Massimo Pigliucci!!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Saturday, September 17 at 3:00 PM Critical thinking is much used, and not infrequently abused, word. But what does it mean to engage in critical thinking, and how does one go about doing it? One way to put it is … Continue reading →

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Things we’ve done before…

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

We’ve had over 100 meetings, not counting ones individually listed on this site. Some of the things we’ve done: Private concerts Picnics Book discussions Movies Lectures “Drinking Skeptically” Nights Spirited debate Just hangin’ out And we’re not done yet. If … Continue reading →

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