Skeptics in the Pub is about getting people to come together and to have a relaxed and enjoyable evening while listening to talks given in a friendly manner on a wide range of topics, the idea being that we all prefer to be in a pub than a lecture theatre.
So what is it with the skepticism? It doesn't mean we disbelieve everything, just our viewpoints are based on evidence and hence the desire for talks in pubs to gain a greater understanding of the world. We also like to believe, whatever you believe, that you would feel welcome at such talks with your own views and to relax and listen to others.
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Upcoming Events
When?
Tuesday, April 29 2014 at 7:00PM
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Where?
The Maypole
20a Portugal Place
CB5 8AF
Who?
Jonny Scaramanga
What's the talk about?
Jonny Scaramanga attended a fundamentalist Christian school in the '90s where he learned that the Loch Ness Monster disproved evolution, God disapproved of the NHS, and homosexuals were an abomination to God. He talks about what students learn in these schools today, and what we should do when the parent's right to freedom of religion conflicts with the child's right to a sound education.
Jonny is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Education, where he is researching student experiences in Britain's 50 Accelerated Christian Education schools. He has written for the Guardian, the Times Education Supplement, New Humanist, and Liberal Conspiracy. His broadcast appearances include BBC Radio 4, BBC2, BBC local radio, and Channel 4's 4Thought TV. His blog is at leavingfundamentalism.wordpress.com, or you can follow @JonnyScaramanga on Twitter.
When?
Wednesday, August 27 2014 at 7:00PM
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Where?
The Maypole
20a Portugal Place
CB5 8AF
Who?
Micheal Marshall
What's the talk about?
It’s easy to think of pseudoscience existing in a glass case at a museum – something to be examined and critiqued from a safe distance, but not something to touch and to play with. Using examples taken from his own personal experiences in skepticism, Michael Marshall will show what happens when you begin to crack the surface of the pseudosciences that surround us – revealing the surprising, sometimes-shocking and often-comic adventures that lie beneath.
Michael Marshall is the Vice President of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and Project Director of the Good Thinking Society. He regularly speaks with proponents of pseudoscience for the Be Reasonable podcast. His work with the MSS has seen him organising international homeopathy protests and co-founding the popular QED conference. He has written for the Guardian, The Times and New Scientist.
When?
Tuesday, September 30 2014 at 7:00PM
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Where?
The Maypole
20a Portugal Place
CB5 8AF
Who?
Dr Anil Madhavapeddy
What's the talk about?
Dr Anil Madhavapeddy is a Horizon Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He leads the OCaml Labs group at Cambridge, and is building the Mirage cloud operating system as a new foundation for networked, multi-scale applications.
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When?
Tuesday, October 28 2014 at 7:00PM
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Where?
The Maypole
20a Portugal Place
CB5 8AF
Who?
Dr Marta Mirazon Lahr
What's the talk about?
A talk by Dr Marta Mirazon Lahr from the Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies on the challenges of studying human evolution and diversity.
Dr Marta Mirazon Lahr is a Reader in Human Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Duckworth Laboratory
At the Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge University. Her interests cover many aspects of human evolution, from the study of morphological evolution in the genus Homo, to human evolutionary history and dispersals, evolutionary genetics and adaptation in hunter-gatherers, the formation of population boundaries, and the evolution of diversity in technology and tools.