CORI’s letter to the editor in response to Dr. Phillip DeMio appears in today’s Dispatch.
The article was edited, which I expected, and the three references I sited were left out. Here is the original version:
Read entire post →Over the past week or so, many skeptics online have probably seen the Telegraph UK’s report on the new film Creation, which is a biographical account of Charles Darwin’s life and, specifically, his crisis of faith. The claim made by the Telegraph report, sourced from comments by the film’s producer, is that the film has [...]
Read entire post →For those of you who have not noticed, there’s a new skeptical podcast in town. A couple other CORI members and I have launched CORICast, and you can get it at http://ohioskeptic.com/podcast, or subscribe via your favorite MP3 player at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/coricast. Please give us your feedback on CORICast either at the webste or [...]
Read entire post →*This is a post from a new blog made by Jeni, Kim C, and me. Please wander over and check us out at negativentropy.*
My husband and I packed up the kids a couple weeks ago and went to the Ohio State Fair. My favorite part of the fair–aside from the fried food and rides–is the [...]
This is a combination of two posts written by Jonathan Weyer, a SkeptiCamp 2009 presenter, for his blog The Thomas Society. With his permission, I’m reposting them here for the OhioSkeptic.com audience. Please visit Jonathan’s blog for more writing!
PZ Myers and the Love of the Natural World
So, I got to meet the (in)famous PZ Myers [...]
As many of you know, I recently took a bit of a last-minute opportunity to dash off to Las Vegas and attend The Amazing Meeting 7, the annual conference of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Due to time restraints and other duties (like being a bridesmaid), I didn’t have the chance to engage much with [...]
Read entire post →Much as I’d like the title here to refer to dancing at our last Drinking Skeptically event, we’re talking about ghosts, the people who experience them, and those who hunt them for a living. My own experience with ghost hunting on a personal level was rather unremarkable, or at least, the explanation proved to [...]
Read entire post →Whew. What a Saturday.
I arrived at SkeptiCamp Ohio around 11:30 or so, with my daughter, ‘E’, in tow. She was going to attend the Camp Quest mini-session that day. We were obviously early, but Kim and Amanda were very welcoming and E immediately set about playing. I did [...]
Last night, I was talking with my wife, and she pointed out a bumper sticker that her father had just purchased. “See, they include science.”, she said, knowing that I am both an Atheist, and a cheerleader for science.
My initial reaction was pleased, then as I thought about it, I became [...]
Last month I drove Michael Shermer down to the Creation Museum for a little visit. It was quite the interesting trip.
(Click above for more pictures!)
While down there, we recorded a short interview between him and Georgia Purdom, their PhD scientist. It’s really hard to sit there and film, and not say anything.
