{"id":582332,"date":"2010-05-27T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/?p=16112"},"modified":"2010-05-27T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:39:39","slug":"two-skeptics-meetings-in-europe-this-fall-and-one-in-the-us-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582332","title":{"rendered":"Two skeptics meetings in Europe this fall (and one in the US) | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to find yourself in The Old World this autumn, then you may want to attend one or both of these conferences&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1) <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.tamlondon.org\/\">TAM London 2010<\/a> will be October 16 &#8211; 17 in (duh) London. The speakers list is every bit as impressive as last year&#8217;s! The highlight, no doubt, will be the premier of Tim Minchin&#8217;s animated short film &#8220;Storm&#8221;, which is destined to become a skeptical classic &#8212; <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V9bT73BM2Ic\">watch the trailer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.tamlondon.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/files\/2010\/05\/tamlondon2010.jpg\" alt=\"tamlondon2010\" title=\"tamlondon2010\" width=\"612\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16117\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before you ask, I won&#8217;t be at TAM London this year; the point is to make it Eurocentric, so American speakers are kept to a minimum. But of course, <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.randi.org\/site\/index.php\/tam-8-registration.html\">TAM 8 will be in Las Vegas<\/a> this year from July 8 &#8211; 11. I&#8217;ll very much be there!<\/p>\n<p>2) The <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.szkeptikus.hu\/14th-european-skeptic-congress?Itemid=78\">14th annual European Skeptics Conference<\/a> will be from September 17 &#8211; 19 in Budapest, Hungary. That&#8217;s run by <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.ecso.org\/component\/jcalpro\/cat\/cat_id\/2\">the European Council of Skeptical Organisations<\/a>. I&#8217;ve heard Budapest is lovely, and someday I hope to get there. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never been to a critical thinking conference, then you really should attend. And if you want to go to TAM, you&#8217;d better be ready to buy tickets when they become available; last year they sold out <em>in less than an hour<\/em>. There was a reason for that: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2009\/10\/21\/tam-london-video-3-brian-cox\/\">it was awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XErsRglJkYw0i_UMMFfHlQo7Vo0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XErsRglJkYw0i_UMMFfHlQo7Vo0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XErsRglJkYw0i_UMMFfHlQo7Vo0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XErsRglJkYw0i_UMMFfHlQo7Vo0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/BadAstronomyBlog\/~4\/zFe1PSVyMl8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DiscoverMag\/~4\/KDEC_f_foUo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to find yourself in The Old World this autumn, then you may want to attend one or both of these conferences&#8230; 1) TAM London 2010 will be October 16 &#8211; 17 in (duh) London. 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