Artificial Dissemination
At a social event with the Winnipeg Skeptics this week we ended up talking about religious people and the religious right among other things. We were marveling at how some of the Republicans in the...
View ArticleSkeptical News Roundup
Some quick hits! Steve Thoms from Skeptic North has posted an excellent summary of the WiFi scare, detailing why you shouldn’t worry too much about EMF. This wonderful Pharyngula post was recently...
View ArticleEpisode 9: Communicating with People Who Believe Weird Things
Episode 9: Communicating with People Who Believe Weird Things In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble, Anlina Sheng, and Greg Christensen discuss how to...
View ArticleThe opposite of stumped: 9 unanswerable anti-vax questions answered
9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims found its way onto the Facebook page for the Winnipeg Skeptics when a member’s friend posted it, along with the qualification “if you...
View ArticleEpisode 13: What Is Love?
Episode 13: What Is Love? In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Laura Targownik ponders the nature of love with Laura Creek Newman, Robert...
View ArticleEpisode 14: A Creationism Primer
Episode 14: A Creationism Primer In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Robert Shindler, Laura Targownik, Richelle McCullough, and Greg Christensen define creationism and discuss...
View ArticleCreationism Makes for Antisocial Networking
Cross-posted from Startled Disbelief. A few weeks ago, Nathan Hatton, a friend of mine from the Winnipeg Skeptics, posted a link to an Examiner.com article that discussed a Tennessee bill that aims to...
View ArticleEpisode 26: “Thrive”
Episode 26: “Thrive” In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman, Gary Barbon, and Mark Forkheim discuss the online conspiracy film “Thrive” with Robert Shindler, Richelle...
View ArticleEpisode 31: News Update
Episode 31: News Update In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn Noble is joined by Gem Newman, Greg Christensen, and Mark Whatman to discuss local and international news of...
View ArticleEpisode 34: Common Creationist Claims, Part 1
Episode 34: Common Creationist Claims, Part 1 In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman discusses and rebuts common creationist arguments with the help of Ashlyn Noble,...
View ArticleEpisode 36: Common Creationist Claims, Part 2
Episode 36: Common Creationist Claims, Part 2 In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble, Greg Christensen, and Ian Leung provide more evidence for evolution,...
View ArticleWhat Does Creationism Say About Our Culture?
Cross-posted from Skeptic North. According to a 2007 Angus-Reid poll, 59% of Canadians accept evolution and common descent, while 22% are convinced that God created human beings within the last 10,000...
View ArticleSkeptiCamp Winnipeg 2012: Morals vs. Ethics
On Saturday, 29 September 2012, the Winnipeg Skeptics held their third annual SkeptiCamp event. SkeptiCamp Winnipeg is a conference for the sharing of ideas. It is free and open to the public: anyone...
View ArticleEpisode 52: The Movie Review Show
Episode 52: The Movie Review Show In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble, Robert Shindler, and Laura Creek Newman review several recent films from a...
View ArticleEpisode 55: Day at the Museum (Rawr!)
Episode 55: Day at the Museum (Rawr!) On this road trip edition of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Greg Christensen, Richelle McCullough, and Robert Shindler visit Alberta’s Royal Tyrrell...
View ArticleEpisode 75: News Update
Episode 75: News Update This episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a classic news update show! Greg Christensen and Gem Newman discuss the #HamOnNye debate, the (latest) snake-handling...
View ArticleSkeptiCamp is on Saturday!
This marks the Winnipeg Skeptics’ fifth annual SkeptiCamp conference! SkeptiCamp Winnipeg is all about sharing ideas. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend and participate, and best of all, it’s...
View ArticleSkeptiCamp Winnipeg: Species and Speciation
Lamprey image by Drow Male via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0Embedded below is Erin Spice’s talk from SkeptiCamp Winnipeg 2014. Erin works at the University of Manitoba, where she...
View ArticleEpisode 114: Ray Comfort’s “Atheist Delusion”
On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn, Lauren, Gem, and Laura review Ray Comfort’s new “documentary” with special guests Ash Burkowski and David Bonwick, and the panel...
View ArticleEpisode 150: The Anthropocene Extinction
On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem, Lauren, Ashlyn, and Laura discuss the ongoing Holocene Extinction through the lens of four extinct species, and conservation through...
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