BayArea Skeptics

Since 1982, Bay Area Skeptics has been promoting critical thinking, rational thought, and encouraging the application of the scientific method.

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

A regular performer at our conference, the amazing
Joey Fabian plays selections from @SkepticsJukebox through the lunch hour this Saturday at the 2025 #SkeptiCal Conference, Aug. 23 in Oakland.

Tickets and more information: https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

Join Big Picture Science @BiPiSci hosts @SethShostak & Molly Bentley for a workshop on critical analysis of extraordinary claims. The 2025 SkeptiCal Conference is Saturday Aug. 23 in Oakland- a day that will expand your mind!
Tix & information: https://t.co/BCfFwmB8YE

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

One week from today is our 2nd GLOBAL #Skeptics in the Pub. This is a 24-hour free event on Zoom with attendees from more than 50 groups around the world. Join for 10 minutes or all 24 hours, Friday Aug. 22 all day Pacific Time.
More info at: https://t.co/Jhzv7Qfnvn...
#SitP

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

The always entertaining and enlightening (the "Ross" in the popular "Oh No, Ross and Carrie" podcast) discusses his presentation of skepticism to a spiritual crowd, a lesson in taking rationalism to the irrational. Tickets & info at: https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

"Enhance!", commands Blade Runner's Deckard as the computer zooms into a photo revealing unseen clarity. @Dataskeptic Kyle Polich references sci-fi and the Roswell incident at the 2025 #SkeptiCal Conference, live in Oakland on Aug. 23.
Tickets and info at https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

For 25 years the @center4inquiry Investigations Group has offered $500k to anyone proving paranormal powers under controlled conditions. Get the tools to do it at the 2025 SkeptiCal Conference, live in Oakland on Aug. 23. Tickets and more information at https://t.co/BCfFwmB8YE

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

Environmental scientist @DanaNuccitelli examines the actions that we can take given the current state of climate change in "Doom, Gloom, & Energy Boom", one in a day full of critical thinking in Oakland on Saturday Aug. 23.
Tickets and more information at https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

The world is a vast sea of information. How can we navigate overload and how do those decisions shape knowledge and beliefs?
Expand your mind with Dr. Celeste Kidd and our other amazing speakers at the 2025 SkeptiCal Conference. Tickets and information: https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV.

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

Our own Dr. Eugenie Scott takes the stage at the 2025 SkeptiCal Conference to discuss "Scopes at 100".

See Dr. Scott and many other amazing speakers in a live, one-day conference on Aug. 23. Tickets and more information are available at https://t.co/8Ib936C8QV

[SkeptiCal Conference @SkeptiCalCon]

Reminder: Ticket prices increase TOMORROW for the 2025 SkeptiCal Conference, LIVE in Oakland on August 23. Tickets and more information at: https://t.co/BCfFwmB8YE

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Ticket prices increase on Friday for the 2025 SkeptiCal Conference, LIVE in Oakland on August 23.
Tickets and more information at: https://t.co/5hw33vVYmP

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

TONIGHT (Thursday July 10) is our monthly SkepTalk. Coleman Watts discusses his "Confessions of a Former Conspiracy Theorist" at 6:30PM Pacific.

This is a free talk with live Q&A on YouTube. https://t.co/EDART7Gzp2

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Reminder that TONIGHT (Thursday, June 12) is our monthly SkepTalk.

Tonight, Nick Matzke discusses "The biology class you wished you could have taken: Kitzmiller v. Dover, 20 years later". This is a free talk on YouTube.
https://t.co/a6PypJZeYI

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Tuesday night May 13, we're back with LIVE, In-Person Skeptics in the Pub.
Please join us!

Fiddlers Green, 333 El Camino Real, Millbrae
7-9PM

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Reminder that TONIGHT (May 8) at 7:30 PM Pacific is our monthly SkepTalk. Thomas Nelson discusses "How Intelligent Design Nearly Won".
https://t.co/yFWW8ZpYSq

This year marks 20 years since the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial and 100 years since the Scopes trial.

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Reminder that TONIGHT is our monthly Skeptalk, with Paul Lombardo discussing "Apes, Men, and Morons: Eugenics, Evolution, and the Scopes Centennial". 6:30PM Pacific

This is a free talk with live Q&A on YouTube brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics.
https://t.co/vb5k48kkwe

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Don't miss our free monthly SkepTalk, Thursday March 13 at 6pm Pacific. Dr. Gordon Pennycook will be discussing methods altering motivated reasoning. His work using AI to sway conspiracy theorists is novel, surprising, and the cutting edge of influence.
https://t.co/EGqhWt5xTO

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

Reminder that in ONE WEEK we'll be meeting LIVE in Mountain View for our very first SkeptiCamp. This is an informal free meeting with speakers on diverse topics throughout the day.

PLEASE JOIN US (and bring a friend).

More information below: https://t.co/khseyn2VjP

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

We're rolling out content from the 2024 SkeptiCal Conference.

This week: Kyle Polich on "The Skeptical State of Artificial Intelligence". We discuss the state of #AI through the skeptical lens: What’s real, what’s hype, and where it’s going.
https://t.co/w9nsGOfvgL

[BayArea Skeptics @BASkeptics]

We're rolling out content from the 2024 SkeptiCal Conference, starting with Skepardy!, the skeptically-themed Jeopardy! game show with contestants Noah Lugeons, Michael Marshal, and Steven Novella.
https://t.co/b3QfmQ8a7u

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