Saturday, December 10 7:00 p.m. Location: Wise Owl Drinkery and Cookhouse 324 S. Racine Ave. It’s Festivus…for the rest of us! Join Chicago Skeptics in December for our annual Festivus party! The appropriately unadorned Festivus Pole will be prominently featured.* The traditional … Continue reading
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Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Kavin Senapathy and Dave Sutherland co-founded March Against Myths (MAMyths) in 2015 with Dr. Karl Haro von Mogel to wield science activism in the name of social justice, especially when it comes to … Continue reading
Saturday, November 19, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Where should I donate to charity? How do I know if a charity is effective? These are questions at the heart of effective altruism, which is premised on doing the most good … Continue reading
Thursday, December 1 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place For November, we’ll be reading Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. From amazon.com: Now a powerful documentary from the acclaimed director of Food Inc., Merchants of Doubt was one … Continue reading
Thursday, October 20 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place For October, we’ll be reading Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial by Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham. From amazon.com: “The … Continue reading
Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock According to Meetup, this group was started in September 2006. That means it’s one of those Big Deal Anniversary things, right? So let’s have a party! Same time, same place as usual, … Continue reading
August 25, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jamie and Eric’s Place Skeptical Salon returns to the South Loop this month, group members may find the address on Meetup. Since this was announced on such short notice, we’ll skip down the list a … Continue reading
Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Is belief without sight rational? God may be beyond human comprehension, but then again, so is most science - at least to us mere mortals (with Liberal Arts degrees). Scientists have never seen … Continue reading
Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock If you like video games and love seeing awesome new titles with great stories and characters that everyone can really get behind, this is the talk for you. Tired of not seeing … Continue reading
July 28, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place We’re back on for the Skeptical Salon; please note the new location! This month, we’ll be reading The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don’t by Nate Silver. From … Continue reading