So today, Friday 24th, was the pre #QEDcon skepticamp event, and if you missed it, then you missed a treat, you can perhaps catch up by tapping into the #QEDcon and #skepticamp twitter feeds,
So here is what happened … (Hat Tip to Rob (@Your_FunnyUncle) – I stole borrowed the fantastic pictures that he tweeted)
11:00 Emma McClure – Peter Popoff- My Persistent Penpal – @stankehammer
- Chris Higgins @chrisfhiggins @stankehammer’s Mrs Popoff impersonation is spot on! #QEDcon #skepticamp
11:15 Michael Hales – Don’t Put Your Daughter into STEM Mrs. Worthington.
11:30 Michelle Ashworth – The Birth of the New Horsemen – @VioletAshworth
- The New Horsemen group on Facebook – click “join” and you are in.
- Michelle also introduced a new word – “woofuckery”
11:45 András G. Pintér – The authority problem – @skepman
12:00 Jessica Rose – Cognitive biases and Competence – @jesslynnrose
- Dunning-Kruger (Wikipedia)
- Imposter Syndrome (Wikipedia)
12:15 Pontus Böckman – The Swedish Skeptical Movement – @Bockmanp
- Edinburgh Skeptics @edskeptics Swedish #skepics do skeptical outreach in schools. Such a good idea. #QEDcon #skepticamp
12:30 David Gamble – Why do humans ignore facts and embrace myths as truth – @david_gamble
12:45 Kat Gray – PubhD – @PubHDManchester
- PubHD Nottingham
- PubHD Manchester
- PubHD Sheffield
- PubHD Brighton
- PubhD @_PubhD If you want to start up a #PubhD in your home city, here is a guide. Do it! It’s great! https://pubhd.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/how-to-set-up-a-pubhd-and-get-some-speakers/ …
14:00 Ben Makin – Not just Tommies in France – Indians on the Western Front – @FamilyLetters / @BerrymanLetters
14:15 Brad Levin – Skeptival – the camping festival for the skeptic community – @bradhominem
- Brian Eggo @BrianEggo Suggestion for “Skeptival” being discussed. My gf reckons the opposition might come up with WOO-dstock. Comedy gold :-/
14:30 Tom Williamson – Skeptic’s Guide to Vexillology – @skepticCanary
- Brian Eggo @BrianEggo The flag of Benin depicts some nude male swordplay. Very progressive. Great talk from @skepticCanary #QEDcon
14:45 Diana Barbosa – COMCEPT – a skeptical adventure in Portugal – @diraquel
15:00 Heather Pentler – How Alt Med tried to kill me
15:15 Diane Waugh – The Fringe of Reason – Edinburgh Skeptics at the Edinburgh PBH Free Fringe – @bletherskite
- Skeptics on the Fringe
15:30 Myles Power – AIDS Denialism………yep that’s a thing – @powerm1985
15:45 Paul Fitzgerald – Cartoons as a weapon
- http://www.thinkthebook.org
16:00 Jon Stewart – Inside AA: Can God Cure Alcoholism? – @jonsleeper1
- jonsleeper.wordpress.com – [email protected]
- http://www.recoveringfromrecovery.com
16:20 Adam Cuerden – A Brief Guide to the Bible
16:30 Colm Ryan @colm_ryan of @corkskeptics – Baloney Detection Kit
Tweets :-)
- Lee Christie @java7nerd #QEDcon In case anyone’s looking for the prayer room, it’s just next to the Skepticamp room.
- Martin L Poulter @mlpoulter Great talk from David Gamble on backfire effect, persuasion and Not Being a Dick to people you disagree with. #qedcon
One wonders how those not plugged in will have read this one … :-)
- James Lennox-Gordon @jlennoxg PSA for #QEDcon : to get on the WiFi choose Principle-Hayley > Conference > username/password are both QED then a number (pick one, ie QED5)
Finding your way around the hotel
