MONSTERS VS. ALIENS DAY

Posted by Stephen Law on February 4, 2010

Presented in conjunction with SPES

Saturday 6^th 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.

Oxford Literary Festival events

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

Simon Singh and Andy Lewis discuss homeopathy at CFI Trick or Treatment event

Posted by Stephen Law on January 30, 2010

TRICK OR TREATMENT: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ON TRIAL

Posted by Stephen Law on December 4, 2009

Saturday, 30^th January 2010

A day discussing alternative medicine, with speakers:

11am SIMON SINGH, author of Trick or Treatment, currently being sued by British Chiropractic Association

12am-1pm ANDY LEWIS, runs Quackometer on the web

2-3pm PROFESSOR JOHN GARROW, founder member of the charity “HealthWatch” which promotes proper testing of the health claims of all therapies, alternative or orthodox.

In conjunction with SPES.

11am-3pm. Lunch break 1-2pm.

Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL – Main Hall.

£10 on the door. Free to Friends of CFI UK, PLUS GLHA, SPES, BHA, NEW HUMANIST SUBSCRIBERS.

Tickets on door subject to availability. To book go to www.cfiuk.org and 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.