Craig wrote last week about his experience at the Auckland Go Green Expo, and I also mentioned that myself and Bronwyn, along with Daniel Ryan, attended the Wellington Go Green Expo a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned briefly on last week’s podcast …
Continue readingDon’t forget to buy your conference ticket!
Our [annual conference](https://conference.skeptics.nz/) starts on Friday, and for those of you who plan to come but haven’t bought a ticket yet, you’d better be quick. I spent yesterday afternoon with Bronwyn and Daniel, running through a sound check…
Continue readingBelieving is seeing, Christian Zealots, Going Green, and exposing scientific fraud
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We’re now under two weeks away from our annual conference, being held in Wellington (25th – 27th November) – our first in-person meeting since the pandemic. We’ve got an exciting lineup of speakers, but the best part will be meeting up with …
Continue readingThe incredible eyes of Elisabeth Bik: How pattern-matching exposes scientific fraud
As I am in the early- to middle-part of my COVID infection, I’ve decided that my contribution this week is essentially a redirection to a [New York Times Opinion piece](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/29/opinion/science-fraud-image-manipul…
Continue readingNew local documentary
Last week we found out about a new short documentary that has been produced – **_Believing is Seeing_**.
The documentary was made by Loading Docs, who we’ve featu…
Continue readingChristian Zealots in my suburb!
Many skeptics will be familiar with the practice of some Christian fundamentalists to stand on street corners warning the public of their impending doom in hell should they fail to repent and believe in Jesus as they do. Usually, these are reserved fo…
Continue readingGo Green Expo
This past weekend I visited the Go Green Expo, which is a show with the general theme of “green” or being ecologically mindful. Such things are usually a magnet for companies promoting bogus products in addition to those with genuine solutions to beco…
Continue readingWeird and Wonderful Communications
Skeptic Steven Novella recently published an interesting [open letter to cranks](https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/an-open-letter-to-all-cranks/). In it he speaks in a very forthright, honest way about people who email him and pronounce th…
Continue readingI am a Starseed
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Upper Hutt “Mind, Body, Spirit” Fair with Bronwyn, as well as Skeptics in the Pub regulars Alexander and Tim. We were there to gawk at the weird and wonderful stalls, and all that they offered.
As we first entered …
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## Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour, Caeayaron?
Yesterday I visited the Go Green Expo, along with Bronwyn, and Daniel and Lisa Ryan. Every year I go, and every year I despair at the almost total lack of environmentally friendly…
Continue readingWho wrote Anne Frank’s diary?
It seems like the answer should be pretty simple – Anne Frank, of course. But sadly not everyone seems to accept this. After a brief hiatus, I’ve returned to watching the god-awful series [Europa](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7528992/), a pro-nazi “do…
Continue readingCaeayaron – a home-grown Messianic cult
I went for my walk a different way recently and came across a sign advertising the services of an Accredited Love Teacher offering “Loving angels close to you”. Thinking that sounded promising, if expensive, I read on, only to discover what was really…
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