Phoenix Area Skeptics Society

06/26/2024

A Collaboration with Generation Skeptics https://youtu.be/uJXSTN9OKUE?si=HhGEv3FXvvMOMKFY Are you looking for a way to incorporate more critical thinking

06/26/2024

These are the simplified overviews of some of the common fallacies. For more information on many of these fallacies, you can visit my site:

https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/category/critical-thinking-series/part-4-the-fallacies/

As far as I know, the website for Veterans for Liberty has not yet launched. I am unsure when it will, but as a veteran, I will be interested to see what they bring to our discourse.

Edit: reversing the burden of proof is probably an editing error. The person making the claim typically has the burden of proof. It is generally fallacious to demand someone to "prove you wrong." You can see more nuance on this and other fallacies on my website.

Carpe Datum and Semper Sci!
E Pluribus Unum
[Sgt Scholar Actual]

06/25/2024

I know it's only been a couple of weeks since I wrote about cement, but now I need to write about concrete, or potential version of concrete that is able to function as a battery. If we can get the technology to work this could an extremely useful item for a future of green energy. The idea is on

06/25/2024

Tyson says he simply gave Howard the "respect" of the peer-reviewed treatment when sharing his thoughts on the actor's math and physics treatise.

06/25/2024

Hello Phoenix Area Skeptics! Is anyone interested in this? PASS has been invited.

Global Skeptics in the Pub will begin at 7pm local time in New Zealand on Friday, July 19, will go around the world, and end at 9pm local time in Hawai’i (24 hours later on the same calendar day)

01/25/2017

Science fights back!
http://www.scientistsmarchonwashington.com

The responsible application of science to government

12/13/2016

"Instead of teaching generic critical-thinking skills, we ought to focus on subject-specific critical-thinking skills that seek to broaden a student’s individual subject knowledge"

Being an air-traffic controller is not easy. At the heart of the job is a cognitive ability called ‘situational awareness’ that involves ‘the continuous extraction of environmental information [and the] integration of this information with prior k...

07/18/2016

I am passionate about science and critical thinking. I believe these to be the best tools humans have for understanding the universe and tackling the...

07/16/2016

If you are planning on attending tonight's presentation there's been a change:

We just learned that the venue for a meetup has also booked a live band on the same night as our presentation. Instead of competing to be heard with the band we are rescheduling Sara's talk for a later date and turning this in to a regular old meetup...with music!

Sorry for the inconvenience!

~Rose

Hi All, We just learned that the venue for a meetup has also booked a live band on the same night as our presentation. Instead of competing to be heard with the band we are rescheduling Sara's ta

06/03/2016

Phoenix Comicon booth.

03/14/2016

If you're not already listening to these check them out. ~RF

http://www.sciencealert.com/6-science-podcasts-you-need-to-be-listening-to-right-now

So you need your science fix, but written articles just aren’t doing it for you? Or do you have a long drive to work, and can’t stand hearing Biebs on the radio again? Podcasts have experienced a major resurgence in recent years as a fascinating...