Bay Area Skeptics Talk – When Biology Meets an Exobiology

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: 

When Biology Meets an Exobiology (Coming through the Sky) by David Almandsmith

When we humans get around to colonizing a planet or moon in another star system, it will likely happen where a biology already exists, i.e. an “exobiology”. Protecting each of those from the other will be the challenge this SkepTalk tackles in some depth.

About the speaker:

David Almandsmith is a board member of the Bay Area Skeptics and a long-time nerd. He graduated in biology from UC Berkeley and studied physiology at Cal State Eastbay. A version of this talk was presented at the 100 Year Starship Symposium in Houston.

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.