Posted by Stephen Law on February 24, 2010
Presented in conjunction with SPES
Saturday 6th March 2010. Tickets on the door.
Come hear and question some of the world’s leading experts on notorious monster and alien claims.
Nick Pope ran the British government’s UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. With UFO sightings in the UK at near-record levels and increased mainstream media coverage of the topic, Nick Pope will discuss the enduring fascination of this subject. He’ll be highlighting some recent stories such as MoD’s decision to terminate its UFO project and the ongoing programme to release the government’s UFO files to the National Archives. Nick Pope attended the recent Royal Society discussion meeting on the consequences of detecting extraterrestrial life and will discuss some of the material presented, with particular reference to the societal consequences of such a discovery.
Adrian Shine is head of the Loch Ness Project, and the world’s leading expert on the monster allegedly lurking in the Loch’s murky depths. He will be casting a sceptical eye over the evidence.
Paul Vella is Britain’s leading expert on Sasquatch, and will be taking a close, sceptical look at the main areas of evidence including photographic, historical records, hair samples, DNA, footprints, but also covers misidentification and hoaxing.
10.45am Registration. Finish 3pm.
Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL – Main Hall.
Just £10 on the door. Free to Friends of CFI UK, PLUS GLHA, SPES, BHA, NEW HUMANIST SUBSCRIBERS.
To book hit button “support cfiuk” and follow instructions. Credit and debit cards welcome. Alternatively send a cheque payable to ‘Center for Inquiry London” to: Executive Director Suresh Lalvani, Center for Inquiry London, PO Box 49097 Centre for Inquiry London N11 9AX, and include names of those coming, phone number, return address, etc. Or JUST SHOW UP.
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Posted by Stephen Law on February 5, 2010
Saturday 27th February 2010 in the LIBRARY at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL. FREE EVENT.
From 11.00 am to 1 pm. Talk on “NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SECULARISTS AND HUMANISTS” by Professor Paul Kurtz. Professor Kurtz is Chair Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Inquiry (CFI), Council for Secular Humanism, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and Prometheus Books. Paul Kurtz is visiting from the US.
From 10.00 am to 11.00 am. A representative from the Center for Inquiry in Eastern Europe will give a talk on Humanism in his / her country.
There will be ample time for questions and answers.
This is a FREE event and you can just turn up without booking.. However if you plan to attend it will be helpful if you email Suresh Lalvani, Executive Director at the Center for Inquiry UK (CFI) at slalvani@centerforinquiry.net
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Posted by Stephen Law on February 4, 2010
Presented in conjunction with SPES
Saturday 6th March 2010
Come hear and question some of the world’s leading experts on notorious monster and alien claims.
Nick Pope ran the British government’s UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. With UFO sightings in the UK at near-record levels and increased mainstream media coverage of the topic, Nick Pope will discuss the enduring fascination of this subject. He’ll be highlighting some recent stories such as MoD’s decision to terminate its UFO project and the ongoing programme to release the government’s UFO files to the National Archives. Nick Pope attended the recent Royal Society discussion meeting on the consequences of detecting extraterrestrial life and will discuss some of the material presented, with particular reference to the societal consequences of such a discovery.
Adrian Shine is head of the Loch Ness Project, and the world’s leading expert on the monster allegedly lurking in the Loch’s murky depths. He will be casting a sceptical eye over the evidence.
Paul Vella is Britain’s leading expert on Sasquatch, and will be taking a close, sceptical look at the main areas of evidence including photographic, historical records, hair samples, DNA, footprints, but also covers misidentification and hoaxing.
10.45am Registration. Finish 3pm.
Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL – Main Hall.
Just £10 on the door. Free to Friends of CFI UK, PLUS GLHA, SPES, BHA, NEW HUMANIST SUBSCRIBERS.
To book hit button “support cfiuk” and follow instructions. Credit and debit cards welcome. Alternatively send a cheque payable to ‘Center for Inquiry London” to: Executive Director Suresh Lalvani, Center for Inquiry London, PO Box 49097 Centre for Inquiry London N11 9AX, and include names of those coming, phone number, return address, etc. Or JUST SHOW UP.
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Posted by Stephen Law on February 2, 2010
CFI are running several events at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.
- Faith School Debate, Stephen Law vs. Peter Stanford – Wednesday 24 March, 6pm
- Simon Singh on Trick or Treatment – Thursday 25 March 6pm
- Does Science Reveal the Mind of God? Rev John Polkinghorne vs David Papineau – Friday 26 March 2pm
- Ben Goldacre – Saturday 27 March, 2pm
- Richard Wiseman – Sunday 28 March, 4pm
To book, go to www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com
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