Listing of events tagged with Online

  1. The Century of Deception: The Birth of the Hoax in Eighteenth-Century England – Ian Keable

    In the 1700s, the English believed a woman could give birth to rabbits; a man could climb inside a two pint bottle and sing inside it; and a blond-haired European was born in Taiwan. Based on his recently published book, Ian Keable demonstrates how 18th century hoaxes are memorable not only for their imaginative nature but also because of the differing motives of the tricksters.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 16 September 2021 Twitch
  2. When innocent becomes guilty: The psychology of false confessions – Dr Faye Skelton

    It is difficult to imagine admitting to something that you didn’t do, but people do. Aside from those who voluntarily confess, others are vulnerable to persuasive interviewing tactics, and some even come to believe that they are guilty. From personality factors to threats and torture, join Faye to explore the psychology of false confessions and what can be done to prevent them.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 2 September 2021 Twitch
  3. Bad News: Why the media fall for falsehoods – Michael Marshall

    Everyone knows “you can’t believe everything you read in the papers,” but few people realise it extends far beyond the celebrity pages and gossip columns, and spills into ‘real’ news. Here, the near-invisible influence of PR companies is often pivotal in deciding what news gets told, and how it gets reported. Michael Marshall will show why you really, really can’t believe everything you read in the papers.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 19 August 2021 Twitch
  4. Where alien worlds are born: exoplanets and their formation environments – Dr Cass Hall

    We've discovered thousands of exoplanets around stars that are not our Sun. In fact, own solar system may be far from the norm. These alien worlds are often hot, massive, and perplexing to astrophysicists – just how do these objects form, and what processes make them different to our own, and what could this all mean for finding life elsewhere in the universe?

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 5 August 2021 Twitch
  5. Resisting the Knowledge Dementors: The Truth about “Post-Truth” – Professor Stephan Lewandowsky

    To defend evidence-based reasoning and knowledge in a “post-truth” era, we must understand the strategies by which the post-truth world is driven forward. Did the post-truth era arise spontaneously, or is the result of a highly effective political movement? This talk will focus on three strategies and present evidence for their existence and impact, and how it might be countered.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 8 July 2021 Twitch
  6. Why patients want bad medicines – Dr Micheal De Barra

    For most of history, a patient meeting a doctor was probably harmed rather than helped. We'll look at biological and psychological factors that let medical treatments persist for centuries with no beneficial effects, and if the benefits of treatments might lie not in what they do to your body, but in what they communicate to others about your need for care.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 17 June 2021 Twitch
  7. How the Evolutionary Psychologist Got His Hypothesis (And Other Just So Stories): Sense and Nonsense in Evolutionary Psychology – Dr Lindsey Osterman

    While evolution is accepted by skeptics, evolutionary psychology is far less so. Lindsey explores some of the good scientific work in this area, as well as common misconceptions about — and misuses of — the evolutionary framework as applied to human psychology.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 10 June 2021 Twitch
  8. Life lessons from laughing babies and murderous philosophers – Dr Caspar Addyman

    What is the meaning of life? Dr Caspar Addyman once wrote to every philosopher in the UK to ask them. Their answers were meagre and dispiriting. One even included a death threat. Since then, he’s moved on to study why babies have such a great time being babies. The secret of babies happiness fits in nicely with the very best answers to the meaning of life.

    This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

    7:00PM Thursday 3 June 2021 Twitch
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