Events - Irish Skeptics Society

Events

[ You might find further events of interest on the Skeptic Ireland website. ]

Coming Events

Due to circumstances beyond our control the lecture planned for early May has been postponed and will now be delivered during the Autumn schedule. Our next lecture will take place on June 19th as noted below. Further details will be posted shortly.

19 June

The origins of the Irish

Previous Events - 2013

20 March

Where brain and society meet: the role of cognitive reserve

Previous Events - 2012

08 March	Ask for Evidence
18 April	The End of Ageing
13 June	Imagination in Action: Mental practice and skilled performance in sport and surgery
17 October	Martin Gardner - personal reminiscences and Irish connections
13 November	A critical analysis of the current health service
12 December	Facts and fancy of food and health

Previous Events - 2011

09 February	Born that way – how the wiring of the brain makes us who we are
20 April	The Babel Fish Dilemma: Talking Science with Non-Scientists
14 September	Rights, rites and riots: The benefit of doubt for the criminal justice system
19 October	Faster than the speed of light: was Einstein wrong?
07 December	Apollo 11

Previous Events - 2010

17 February	Amnesty International Ireland
21 April	Do you see what I see? The genetics of perception
01 June	The Rational Optimist: how prosperity evolves
13 October	Clutching at Random Straws
01 November	Debate: Does alternative medicine do more harm than good?
15 December	Stem cell research: the promise and the challenge

Previous Events - 2009

11 February	Charles Darwin and the Origin of Humans
08 April	Assessing and responding to climate change in Ireland
10 June	Ice age mammals: tales of extinction and survival
14 October	Maths and the Media: an equation for confusion
10 November	David McWilliams

Previous Events - 2008

06 February	Does it really matter what you eat? The organic food debate explored
07 May	Addressing the God Question: are religion and skepticism mutually incompatible?
04 June	Evelyn Cusack's guide to weather
10 September	Is Ireland an intolerant society and can education change intolerant attitudes?
18 November	How to argue badly and (still) influence people

Previous Events - 2007

07 February	Intelligence: A critical view of its nature and evolution
04 April	Bad Science and Poor Law: The danger of confusing opinion and fact
06 June	Philosophy & Science: connection, disconnection, consequences
7-9 September	13th Congress of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations
05 December	The Criminal Mind

Previous Events - 2006

01 February	Current Research and Treatment in Cancer and Questionable Therapies to Avoid
05 April	Self Awareness and the Brain
07 June	Stem Cells - Scientific, Ethical and Policy Issues
13 September	Improving Your Performance: Fads and Findings
08 November	Science, Technology and Society: Can scientists learn from a history of rejection?
06 December	Creatures of Accident

Previous Events - 2005

02 February	World Skepticism: current issues and future developments
06 April	Mind Power: Fact, Fiction and Fakery
09 June	Do you really want to know about your genes?
07 September	An evening with Richard Wiseman and Simon Singh: From Paranormal Phenomena to the Big Bang
16 November	The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy and the New Fundamentalism
07 December	The importance of scepticism in the media

Previous Events - 2004

04 February	Genetics - the most restless, turbulent and demanding form of knowledge
07 April	Good and Bad Uses of Scientific Knowledge: The Role of Bioethics
02 June	The Psychology of Anomalous Experience
24 June	The Scientific Evidence for the Paranormal
06 October	Science and Pseudoscience in the New Millennium
01 December	The Scientific Response to Creationism

Previous Events - 2003

05 February	Questioning Questionable Therapies
02 April	The Fallibility of Human Reasoning - Why Thinking Critically is a Challenge
04 June	The Eureka Factor - Science, Technology and Intuitive Leaps
03 September	Astronomy and Astrology
05 November	Exploring your Immune System
03 December	The Placebo Defect: How Quacks Exploit the Psychology of Health Behaviour

Previous Events - 2002

04 December

The Flight from Science and Rationality in Modern Society