Friday, October 2, 7pm J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium Medical Sciences Building University of Toronto (1 King's College Circle)
Ever wonder why people believe in UFO abductions, mind-reading, reincarnation, urban legends, not to mention "scientific creationism" and the pernicious myth that the Holocaust never happened?
Dr. Michael Shermer, the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, is a genuine ghost-buster, a relentless crusader against superstition and pseudoscience. Based on his bestselling book, Why People Believe Weird Things, Dr Shermer^Òs lecture will debunk junk science, bad science, voodoo science, pathological science, pseudoscience, and plain old nonsense. The event will be filled with humour,insight, and personal anecdotes - a highly entertaining wake-up call that has proved a hit on college campuses.
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University.
ADMISSION $8 regular $5 students and Centre for Inquiry Members. This event is FREE to New and Renewing Centre for Inquiry members and one guest.
CONTACT Visit the event webpage at http://tinyurl.com/ntssw7 or contact 416-971-5676 or jtrottier@centerforinquiry.net
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