Camp Quest UK is a freethinking summer camp for kids. They've been running camp since 2008 but this year they've been forced to cancel their physical camp due to Covid-19. They decided to hold two of our camp activities online so that campers, old and new, could still meet and get a little bit of camp experience.
Sessions are free and open to young people aged 10 to 17.
The spread of harmful misinformation in this pandemic has led to deaths, financial loss, increased stigma, and health policy challenges. We must counter this “infodemic” with evidence-based communication strategies. Despite concerns about the "backfire effect", debunking works — if done well!
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Over the next thirty years, we desperately need to make huge changes to the way we produce and consume food, otherwise, the effect on the natural world will be devastating. This talk will explain how misinformation is one of the most powerful forces preventing this from happening and explore cognitive biases that push us towards misinformation on these issues, resulting in confusion, apathy, and inaction.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Could drinking green tea really prolong your life? How about gardening? Is regular sex more about pleasure than health? Why does standing up a lot make a difference to longevity? And is it worth cutting out red meat or even turning vegan in order to blow out 100 candles on your birthday cake? This funny and potentially lifesaving talk will reveal the answers to all these questions and more.