Part Three of a three-part session on neuroscience and deception from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_177_-_alternative_medical_claims_part_3

Part Two of a three-part session on neuroscience and deception from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_176_-_alternative_medical_claims_part_2

Part One of a three-part session on neuroscience and deception from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_175_-_alternative_medical_claims_part_1

Part Two of a two-part session on neuroscience and deception from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_174_-_sleights_of_mind_part_2

Part One of a two-part session on neuroscience and deception from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented a session titled “Sleights of Mind” at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Ray Hyman, a professor of psychology emeritus and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council, moderated the panel. The speakers were Sandra Blakeslee, an author and science correspondent for The New York Times; Stephen Macknik, director of the Library of Behavioral Neurophysiology at Barrow Neurological Institute; Susana Martinez-Conde, director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute; and James Randi, the internationally famous magician and escape artist who was a co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_173_-_sleights_of_mind_part_1

Part Two of a two-part session on creation and evolution from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented their “Creation and Evolution” session at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The session was moderated by Dave Thomas, a physicist and mathematician, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

The speakers were Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education and author of Evolution vs. Creationism, An Introduction; and Barbara Forrest, professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University and coauthor of Creationism’s Trojan Horse.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_172_-_creation_and_evolution_part_2

Part One of a two-part session on creation and evolution from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented their “Creation and Evolution” session at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The session was moderated by Dave Thomas, a physicist and mathematician, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

The speakers were Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education and author of Evolution vs. Creationism, An Introduction; and Barbara Forrest, professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University and coauthor of Creationism’s Trojan Horse.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_171_-_creation_and_evolution_part_1

Part Two of a two-part session on telling the future from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented a session titled “Feeling the Future” at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The session was moderated by Scott O. Lilienfeld, a professor of psychology at Emory University, editor of The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

The speakers were Ray Hyman, professor emeritus of psychology of the University of Oregon, author of many books and papers on the psychology of deception, and another member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council; and James Alcock, professor of psychology at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, author of many books and papers on the psychology of belief, and yet another member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_170_-_feeling_the_future_part_2

A fast-moving lecture on science and alternative medicine from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Saturday, October 29, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented a luncheon talk titled “What Ever Happened to Linus Pauling?” at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The speaker was Paul Offit, M. D., chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

He was introduced by Ben Wolozin, a professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_168_-_what_ever_happened_to_linus_pauling

Part One of a two-part session on telling the future from the 2011 conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Center for Inquiry presented a session titled “Feeling the Future” at their conference, CSIcon, at the Marriott Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The session was moderated by Scott O. Lilienfeld, a professor of psychology at Emory University, editor of The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

The speakers were Ray Hyman, professor emeritus of psychology of the University of Oregon, author of many books and papers on the psychology of deception, and another member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council; and James Alcock, professor of psychology at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, author of many books and papers on the psychology of belief, and yet another member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Executive Council.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/centerstage/episodes/episode_169_-_feeling_the_future_part_1