California preacher Harold Camping said Monday his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on Oct. 21.
I want to give a big thanks to everyone that came out for our End of the World Party last night. It was an amazing time! We went went way over how many people were expected to come and over filled the venue. Fortunately everyone was very nice and accommodating and we just simply squeezed ourselves in.
We’ve created two shirts in honor our End of the World Party tomorrow. Head over to the End of the World section of the MISkeptics store to see the official shorts of the EotW Party!
While we’re waiting for the everyone to be judged and head off to heaven I figured that would be the perfect time to have a party! The Michigan Skeptics Association is hosting their End of the World Party on Saturday, May 21st at 4:00 PM. We’ve had to change from our usual venue to Station 885 because of the large turnout we’re expecting!
While surfing the interwebs today I stumbled across a Scientific American blog post titled, “How Do You ID a Dead Osama?” which caught my attention, but not just for the subject, which I had found myself pondering previously. The question the author leads with, “But how do they know it’s him?” got me to thinking about conversations I’ve had in the past on the concept of proof.
I was originally going to close the project to submissions this weekend but a request from another group has convinced me to extend it one week. So that means I will be accepting no more submissions after May 7th.
K now any conspiracy theorists? No doubt they’ve tried to convince you that man didn’t really land on the moon or President Obama was born in Kenya. In fact, they were imparting genuinely interesting information — about themselves. New research suggests belief in such theories may reveal a Machiavellian mindset.
I have been having a conversation that started about a week ago concerning an article that ran on Financial Times web site. But I am not really sure that lack of information is purely the problem. Some of the problem is people reading headlines and assuming they mean one thing, then to actually read the content of the article and find it is not as it seems. “U.S. Greenhouse Gases Drop to 15-Year Low” This was clearly a misleading Headline.
As you probably already know, May 21st is the End of the world… So let’s get together and party! We’re having an End of the World Party At Ginger starting at 4:00 PM. There will be games, Prizes, really bad humor and let’s not forget the end of times jokes!
I wasn’t sure where to start in finding the topic for my first post here. (By the way, hello!) My problem was solved, however, while listening to the local Public Radio station in my car the other night. The program that was on was CBC’s As It Happens. Aside from their having a pretty nifty [...]
