Jeff Dellinger
November 1, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. November brings a brand-new issue of Skeptical Inquirer. We’ll be sharing highlights throughout the week, starting with this month’s cover feature, in which Evaggelos Vallianatos explores the history and legacy of “The Antikythera Mechanism: The Greek …
October 27, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. CFI’s ScienceSaves is gathering signatures to support 2023 National Science Appreciation Day declarations in states across the U.S. Last year, 14 states and the District of Columbia issued proclamations on March 26, the anniversary date of …
October 25, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. CSICon 2022 is officially in the books and, friends, it was quite a weekend. Your humble correspondent was in Vegas to recap all the highlights – and there were many, many highlights. Read up the various …
October 24, 2022 by Jeff DellingerFollowing a legend onstage can be a daunting task. Following two legends on-stage together? Normally that’d be a public speaking “death sentence.” But over the course of the weekend, one CSICon presenter after another made it look easy. Saturday and Sunday saw an impressive array of guests delivering insightful, often powerful presentations. Saturday began with …
October 22, 2022 by Jeff Dellinger“Sensory overload” is a built-in part of any trip to Las Vegas. But Friday’s CSICon program featured so many fantastic presenters delivering so much powerful information and insight, one after another after another, it made the typical stroll across the casino floor seem pokey and sedate by comparison. The morning started with Richard Wiseman’s Investigating …
October 21, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, coming to you “live” from Las Vegas, where CSICon 2022 is officially underway. We’ve got a recap of Day One, featuring highlights from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s presentation “Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.” Stay tuned throughout the weekend, as we’ll have daily recaps and highlights from the CSICon 2022 …
October 21, 2022 by Jeff DellingerThe Flamingo Las Vegas sits directly opposite Caesar’s Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. It’s got a “classic Vegas” vibe, but all the tech and trappings of a modern hotel/casino. In that sense, it’s the perfect venue for CSICon: it’s been around for years but is constantly evolving, so each new year is different. The …
October 18, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. Final preparations are underway as CSICon 2022 kicks off this Thursday in Las Vegas. Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Penn Jillette will headline the event, with a host of incredible scientists, skeptics, artists, and investigators …
October 13, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. CFI’s ScienceSaves team has created a fun, funny new video you can share with friends and family members to explain just what makes homeopathy junk science. “What Is Homeopathy?” features the actress, comedian, and CFI Board …
October 6, 2022 by Jeff DellingerAhoy-hoy! Jeff Dellinger here with today’s Morning Heresy, your regular roundup of news and links for the reality-based community. There’s a new issue of Free Inquiry out now, which includes a new piece by Victor Moberger that examines the question of whether “objective truth” really exists. It’s not an agreed-upon question, Moberger writes, or one …