Join us on Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30pm for another evening of skeptical fun, food, drinks, and conversation in the Railway Club’s back bar (map).
In addition to the usual socializing we’ll have a short presentation by Natalie Reed followed by Q&A. You may know her from her new blog, “Sincerely, Natalie Reed” on the Freethought Blogs network, from her earlier posts on the Skepchick blog or from her work as the founder of the Skepchick sister site Queereka. She will be speaking to us on the topic, “Getting skeptics to think skeptically about their skepticism.”
Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends. As always, if you arrive late and they’re collecting a cover charge at the door, just tell them you’re with the skeptics’ group to get in for free.
You can RSVP to this event on Facebook or Meetup.
Upcoming events:
- World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, GermanyFri. May. 18, 12:00 am Mon. May. 21 - 12:00 amBerlin, Germany
- Imagine No Religion 2 ConferenceFri. May. 18, 12:00 am Mon. May. 21 - 12:00 amCoast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops, British Columbia V1S 1N5
- Skeptics in the Pub in Port MoodySat. May. 19, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm248 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BChttp://www.meetup.com/Skeptics-in-the-Pub-Port-Moody/
Meet up with freethinkers, science fans, and religion-free people on the third Saturday of every month, and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of St. James's Well Olde Irish Pub in Newport Village.
This is a new Meetup group and is a great place to make friends and get involved in new events and activities and to be informed of matters of interest to critical thinkers and science enthusiasts.
We are meeting on the third Saturday of every month. St. James's Well is at 248 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC a few blocks from Ioco and Barnet Hwy. There is a free parking lot to the right of the pub and parking spots around the pub. - Partial Solar EclipseSun. May. 20, 3:58 pm - 6:23 pmAs seen from Vancouver, BC
- May Café Sci: Andrew Holding, "Forgotten Knowledge: The discovery and loss of a cure for scurvy"Tue. May. 22, 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm579 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, BChttps://www.facebook.com/events/283178651776660/
Dear Café Scientifiquers,
Our May café will happen on Tuesday May 22th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Andrew Holding, a research scientist who is currently employed by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. He has worked on many Science outreach projects including founding and organising Skeptics in the Pub in Cambridge, which holds monthly talks by various speakers with the aim of highlighting the application of critical thinking and scientific method. His talk will be:
Forgotten Knowledge: The discovery and loss of a cure for scurvy
Of all the slang names for the British, none is more iconic than
'Limey'. While the the term provokes majestic images of the Golden Age of Sail, scurvy cost countless sailors and seamen their lives. It was once not unheard of for nine out of every ten members of a ship's crew to have succumbed to scurvy by the time it returned to port. The results of James Lind's work on the HMS Salisbury in 1747, which led to a cure, without doubt saved innumerable lives. Yet in Cherry-Garrard's account of Robert Falcon Scott's 1911 expedition to the South Pole, he writes: "There was little scurvy in Nelson's days; but the reason is not clear, since, according to modern research, lime-juice only helps to prevent it." So why did Lind's results get
forgotten?
You can always find the latest event information on the Vancouver Skeptics Event Calendar on VancouverSkeptics.org.