Skepticon 2023 Schedule
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Melbourne, Victoria 3065 Australia
The Skepticon 2023 Saturday Night Dinner is at 128 Nicholson St. Fitzroy. Please click "Find out more" for full details. https://skepticon.org.au/event/skepticon-dinner/
Please applaud and perhaps mumble about, the winner of the 2023 Bent Spoon Award. Sincere applause and admiration following announcement of possible merit award.
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
SNAKE OIL INCORPORATED. Navigate the aisles of Australian pharmacies and you’ll encounter a puzzling array of products, ranging from trusted medicines through to ridiculous quackery. Among the shelves laden with genuine medicines, you might find offerings like Vita Gummies, promising […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
MEDICAL DISSENTERS - MODERN GALILEO OR JUST A CRANK? Sue Ieraci is an emergency medicine specialist with a long history of collaboration with Stop the AVN, Friends of Science in Medicine and Australian Skeptics in opposing and debunking health science […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
INNOCULATE AGAINST THE INFODEMIC BY CREATING MISINFORMATION. Did you know you can train your mental immune system by preparing it for exposure to misinformation? A pre-bunking that protects from the need for lengthy debunking. Effective inoculation starts with warning individuals […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
Break for morning tea
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
PANEL DISCUSSION: Gideon Meyerwitz-Katz Liam Mannix Melissa Davey
Break for lunch. Please check the Attending Skepticon menu tab on the website for information about where to find a meal. https://skepticon.org.au/venue/
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
THE HOLY GRAIL OF FACT CHECKING. John Cook is a Senior Research Fellow with the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change at the University of Melbourne, who currently works with organizations like Facebook, NASA, and UNICEF to develop evidence-based responses to […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
THE BAYESIAN BALANCE: HOW THINKING IN RATIOS CAN HELP US AVOID THE TRUTH TRAP. In his talk, Zafir will introduce a modified version of a concept called Reason’s Fulcrum. He will use this concept to demonstrate Bayesian Reasoning and how […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
AI, ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS - A FAST FURURE. Adam Ford is an IEET Affiliate Scholar, a futurologist and works as a data/information architect, a data analyst and data engineer. He has co-organised a variety of conferences in Australia, USA and China. […]
Melbourne, Victoria 3052 Australia
WHAT WAS GSoW FOCUSED ON DURING THE PANDEMIC? Susan supervises Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia, an international group of skeptics ensuring that information published on that platform is evidence-based and up to date. They were busy during the pandemic. Find out […]
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