Singh & Lewis on homeopathy and the 10:23 campaign PDF Print E-mail

Simon Singh (author of 'Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial') and Andy Lewis discuss the homeopathy and the overdose event organised by the 10:23 campaign, on 30th January 2010 in Red Lion Square, Holborn, London.

Thanks to Dr Stephen Law of CFI UK for the footage.

CFI also have an event on Saturday 6th March titled "Monsters vs Aliens", featuring three experts on UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch.
 
Sceptical suicide attempt, nationwide PDF Print E-mail

At 10:23am on Saturday 30th January, approximately 380 individuals from branches of Skeptics in the Pub will simultaneously consume an overdose of commercially available homeopathic medicines. The nationwide protest, organised by the 10:23 campaign from Merseyside Skeptics, will either unfold as one of the largest mass suicides since Jonestown, or will yet again confirm that science, evidence and rational thought actually do work.

Immediately after the protest, Dr Simon Singh, Prof. John Garrow and Andy Lewis will take to the stage of London's Conway Hall for Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial, the first event in 2010 from CFI UK.
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Coming Soon: An Evening with Randi & Friends DVD PDF Print E-mail

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Volume 22 Number 1, Spring 2009 E-mail

The Skeptic Vol 22, No 1 Spring 2009

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In Volume 22, Issue 1 (Spring 2009):

Relaunch Issue

Features

James Randi interview (Video here).
On mortality, Project Alpha, Peter Popoff and more...

Jon Wainwright and Bernard Carr ask:
Can science accommodate psychic experience?

Wendy Grossman on 21 years of The Skeptic
An examination of the past and possible future of the magazine

Also features details of the new Editorial Advisory Board including: James Randi, Richard Dakwins, Paul Kurtz, Stephen Fry, Derren Brown, Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Tim Minchin, Elizabeth Loftus, P.Z. Myers, Simon Singh, Susan Blackmore, Ray Hyman and David Colquhoun.

Regular columns & contents

Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis on 21 years of The Skeptic and short details of the Sense About Science campaign.
Hits and Misses; Mark Williams on the GOD channel, internet cancer & subliminal suggestion, newly proposed animal experimentation legislation, and the disclosure of UFO-related documentation
Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Can a robot really do science?
Philosopher's Corner; Julian Baggini on moral obligation & social action
Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on Free Will
Galileo's Doughnuts; Mark Duwe on astronomy and space storms
Skeps in the City; Tracy King on Sceptical Stereotypes: The Bearded Male
Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on Radio 4 exorcism
Doubt and About; Jon Cohen on Passing on Passover
The Donni Position; Jon Donni on psychic disclaimers
Science and Romance; Lindsay Kallis on history, modern science and religion
Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie - they’re just plain crazy

Humour

SpriteSprite, by Donald Rooum, the ongoing saga of an ethereal being who has the misfortune to fall for a confirmed skeptic.
Cartoons by Tim Pearce
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Book Reviews

Snake Oil Science: the Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine; by R Barker Bausell, reviewed by Ray Ward
The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers; by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot, reviewed by Michael Hutton

Letters from our readers

Reflections on scepticism; from John Roberts