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Bay Area Skeptics Talk – A Skeptics Guide to Planet Hunting

November 8, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Free Event / Donations Encouraged

This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting.

This month’s topic:

A Skeptics Guide to Planet Hunting by Josh Lofy
Thousands of planets have been found circling stars other than our own in the past few decades! Come and learn about some of the underlying physics of planet hunting, as well as learn to focus your skeptical lenses to cut through to the truth for a variety of different planetary claims made from popular science articles.

About the speaker:
Josh Lofy has a Bachelor in physics, and is the author of Joshing with Physics, a website that demystifies physics for the rest of us. He works at the Exploratorium, and is an officer of the Bay Area Skeptics.

ABOUT BAY AREA SKEPTICS

Bay Area Skeptics was founded in June 1982 as the first “local interest group” inspired by the Center for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), now known as the Center for Scientific Inquiry (CSI). Although they have overlapping interests with CSI, BAS is independent of all other groups.

The organization encourages critical thinking and accuracy in the media and in our schools. They encourage rational thought and critical thinking through the use of scientific methods. They are particularly interested in such topics as claims of the paranormal, pseudoscience, and untested or poorly tested medical and psychotherapeutic practices.

Details

Date:
November 8, 2018
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Venue

La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
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