Pass the Torch - CSICon 2023 Recap (Streamed/Recorded November 8, 2023) @centerforinquiry

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Join Susan Gerbic, Eric Shaver, and three of the Center for Inquiry's affiliate group leaders, Daniel Reed (West Virginia Skeptics Society), Carolyn Dougherty (Stockton Area Atheists and other Freethinkers) and Shane Smith (Beehive Skeptics) as we recap our experiences at CSICon 2023, the conference for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

For a few of us, this was our first time at the conference! What did we learn from our time spent with this amazing collection of scientists, skeptics and investigators from all over the globe? What can we do to get more members of our local communities to come out in 2024? Who had the most fun?

Hear about all of this and more in our next Pass the Torch Webinar: CSICon 2023 RECAP

Pass the Torch - CSICon 2023 Recap (Streamed/Recorded November 8, 2023)

Fifty Years of the Modern Skeptical Movement | James Alcock

Fusing Finances with Skepticism - A Conversation with Phil Ferguson

How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America | Bridget Read

$Is the Planet Full? What We Need to Know about Overpopulation | Peter Uetz The human population reached eight billion people in 2022 and may reach ten billion later this century. A relatively small (and rich) fraction of those billions are able to cause climate change at a global scale. However, with so much focus on the challenges of climate change, another catastrophe is unfolding without most people noticing: the loss of nature as we know it. Uetz has spent decades studying and writing about systems biology and the natural world and his article on “Myths About Overpopulation” is featured in the latest issue of Free Inquiry. This presentation will address the most challenging question humanity has ever faced: Are we too many and is nature losing out?$

A Conversation with Judge John Jones III

Why Bother? The Nature of Pseudoscience, How to Fight It, and Why It Matters | Massimo Pigliucci

Anticipating CSICon 2024 - A Video Interview with Forrest Valkai

Separating Hope from Hype in the Search for Alien Life | Becky Ferreira

Skeptilab - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UFOs) with Adam Felber

Anticipating CSICon 2023: A Video Interview with Richard Dawkins