Event Listing
Misrepresenting Reality
Misrepresenting reality without any supporting evidence – indeed, usually directly in the face of the objective evidence. How did the Leave campaign get away with it? And why are we still letting them get away with it?
GMH Darwin Day Celebration 2017
Greater Manchester Humanists are having their annual Darwin Day celebration, with stalls, exhibitions and a lecture from Professor Martin Cobb (who spoke for us in 2010).
AGM
It's time for our least interesting event of the year: the AGM.
Note: we've had to postpone this meeting to the Friday. The pub is likely to be busy so watch for venue updates — or email agm@gmss.uk and I'll make sure you're kept up to date.Skeptics in the Crown and Kettle
Time to be Skeptically Social again.
Let's start the New Year as we mean to go on by engaging in verbal intercourse in the snug at the Crown and Kettle.
All Skeptics, and recovering Non Skeptics, are welcome both new and old. Please do come and say hi.
Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.The Physics Of Ghosts
Join us for a debunking of real-life ghost stories, followed by a re-bunking, and then a second debunking.
Christmas Social
’Tis the season to be merry, so get yourself down to the Crown and Kettle for beverages and conversation at our Annual Christmas Social. There may even be a quiz.
What are the lessons of history (and will we ever actually learn them)?
It is now almost inevitable that the Nazis will appear as a cautionary example in any political discussion and yet this year has seen the rise to prominence of groups which openly share many of their beliefs and even borrow their symbols. It appears that knowing about the past is not the same as learning from history. Historian Victoria Stiles asks if it is reasonable to expect history to teach us anything at all.
Social and thINK Book Launch
We've moved our November social to a Wednesday, and to Kim By The Sea in Hulme, for the launch of thINK: an Arsenal of Incendiary Cartoon Skepticism.
The Spectrum of Violence
Dr Clare Allely will be considering the link between neurodevelopment disorders and the actions of killers such as Anders Breivik.
October Social
Come and join us once more as we snuggle in the snug of the Crown and Kettle.