First Newsletter of Skeptober

We're calling this month Skeptober due to the number of events we've got going on.

If you weren't there, then you missed our Social already. We hold these, first Thursday of the month in the Cannon's Gait.

Also we had our Skeptics Underground on Crime & Punishment yesterday, again these are on the second Sunday in Jeremiah's Taproom.

We've still got another four events to go this month.

Remember you can either re-live our previous events, or hear them fresh on our podcast: www.edinburghskeptics.co.uk/podcasts/

We've had a really good response to our post-QED event. If you're planning on attending, we recommend you get there early.

Our next event:

POD-AWFUL - An evening of Cognitive Dissonance & Scathing Atheism

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 18 October 2016 7:30 PM

Glasgow and Edinburgh Skeptics, in conjunction with the Scottish Secular Society and Humanist Society Scotland presents: POD-AWFUL, An evening of Cognitive Dissonance & Scathing Atheism.

From the USA, two of the most popular podcasting teams in the Skeptical/Atheist/humanist community are Tom Curry & Cecil Cicirello of Cognitive Dissonance and Heath Enwright, Noah Lugeons & Eli Bosnick who are full time producers of The Scathing Atheist, Skepticrat and God Awful Movies podcasts. They are in Scotland for only a few days, so come along to meet the guys and hear them hilariously mispronounce any place name in Scotland.

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Our following event:

SitP - Catherine Collins - Evidence-based eating. What do we know?

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 20 October 2016 7:30 PM

Can diet influence destiny? Does eating food, mainly plants, really ward off ill health – or merely reflect ‘virtuous’ eating? Is processed food truly devoid of nutritional merit? And what is a ‘processed’ food, anyway? Can food labelling benefit dietary choice – or does it polarise food choice into saintly versus sin? Do carbs really make us fat? And what about coconut and quinoa, current superfoods du jour? Catherine Collins will help you sift nutri-science from nutribabble based on her 30 years of experience as a UK Registered Dietitian

Catherine Collins qualified as a dietitian in 1983 and has had a career in the NHS since then. Specialising in Intensive care nutrition alongside...

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Coming Events:

Skeptics Cinema & SciScreen presents: Burke and Hare (2010)

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 27 October 2016 7:15 PM

As part of the Edinburgh Horror Festival, come along and see the 2010 John Landis movie staring Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as two of Edinburgh's most notorious serial killers: Burke and Hare.

Why rob graves when killing's so much easier..... Read More

Devil's Advocate - Halloween Special

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 30 October 2016 5:45 PM

Devil's Advocate is Edinburgh Skeptics original comedy panel gameshow. Initially running for two series during the 2010 and 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringes it returned for special episodes over the years.

Then it stopped. It disappeared. An... Read More

SitP - Ali Floyd - Lies, Damn Lies and Science Communicators

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 17 November 2016 7:30 PM

With the rise of the science centre as an educational experience a new profession has arisen: the professional, full-time science communicator. Distinct from researchers who carry out engagement as part of their work and unwilling to be teachers, ... Read More

Skeptics Cinema & SciScreen presents: The Wind Rises (2013)

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 24 November 2016 7:15 PM

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful aeroplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one ... Read More

Open Mic Night

Held by Edinburgh Skeptics Society on 15 December 2016 7:30 PM

Have you ever been sat in one of our Skeptics in the Pub talks and I thought “This is shite, I could do better than this!” Now is your chance to give it a go.

We’re holding an open mic night for the last speaker event of the year (15t... Read More