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CFI are suing Boiron for violations of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act for the "unfair and deceptive trade practices it regularly utilizes in the marketing and sale of homeopathic products"...

A year from this post shall be the weekend of CSICon 2022! Save the date! They claim this will be the "Best CSICon, Yet!" I don't know exactly what they mean by that, but I can believe it*. Anyone else planning to go? * Just kidding! No, I'm actually quite skeptical of that claim. But, I am...

It's time to update my will. For a few years, I have had a donation in my will, no strings attached, with JREF as the recipient. But checking the JREF website, it looks moribund since Randi died. Even before that, it wasn't looking too healthy or active. I'm reluctant to throw money down a...

Hi everyone, CSICon 2021 is still tentative, but scheduled for 21-24 October 2021 at the Flamingo according to Skeptical Inquirer v44 #5. As many know, CFI depends on volunteers to help with setup, registration, checking tickets, line management at book signings, and packing up. We NEVER miss...

Hi everyone, CSICon is five months away and, while nothing is certain, I'm putting out a call for volunteers to help. Tentative volunteers, of course, since CFI hasn't even updated the web site for 2020 yet. We get invited to the volunteer and staff dinner the Wednesday before CSICon, get free...

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On Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 3:00pm PT the Independent Investigations Group will be streaming live the preliminary demonstration of a self described clairaudient. The claimant professes to be able to hear discussions about himself from up to 400 feet. The protocol that was mutually...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-vortex-demonstration Watch Live 1:00pm PT on Saturday April 30, 2011. IIG (Independent Investigation Group) preliminary test of Rick Nelson who will try to prove that he can create a vortex at CFI headquarters

Egads.... Now the CFI threw their hats into the idiotic Park 51 debate. Here is the press release And here is an article by Orac about the whole issue.

On Saturday, August 21, 2010 the Independent Investigations Group will be celebrating 10 years of paranormal investigations. The celebration will start at 7PM and will be held at the Steve Allen Theater at the Center For Inquiry-Los Angeles. For more information please visit the IIG website...

A little shameless plug :) Teaching Freethought: How to Create a Skeptical Kid! with Matt Lowry, high school teacher and skeptic at large Sunday, May 16th 2010 at 1:00 pm Location (Our usual place): Room 613 (behind elevators), University Center East building, 750 S. Halsted (UIC campus)...

Announcing a special appearance by Christopher Hitchens in Washington, DC on June 13th--sponsored by CFI-DC Title of Event: Christopher Hitchens LIVE--Hitch 22: A Memoir Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 600 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Sponsor...

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/portland/events/darwin_day_speaker_event/ Anyone going to the "What Evolution Isn't?" lecture at PSU? The event is free and includes food and drink. Also, anyone familiar with Dr. Mike Webster and his lectures? I figured I would go and broaden my education...

This event is open to the public, but press is especially welcome. Please drop by if you are in the area. It will be taped, however. This could be interesting as the Center for Inquiry West is within walking distance of the Scientology PAC Base (also called Big Blue)...so "visitors" are...

IIG Discusses Anita Ikonen (aka Vision From Feeling) on "Skeptically Speaking" Hello. I just wanted to let you know that Jim Newman, Steve Muscarella, and Spencer Marks will be on Skeptically Speaking this coming Friday, February 12, 2010 to discuss Anita Ikonen's (aka Vision From Feeling)...

URL: [The Lion in Winter: The Exile of Paul Kurtz] Excerpt: Blutoskitorial: (no comment)

Hello. I just realized that I never posted this information here on Friday and I think a few of you might be interested in this. -Derek For Immediate Release Longtime UFO Proponent Admits To Publishing Misleading Articles In Order To Support His Claims The Various Claims Of Billy Meier Are...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents The Supernatural and the Movies :eek: 11:00 AM, Sunday, May 18, 2008 How did the horror genre in movies arise and become so popular? :confused: Plotting its emergence first in literature, and later in movies, David Richards traces the...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Beautiful Minds: Apes, Dolphins and the Roots of Humanity 11:00 AM, Sunday, June 1, 2008 What do great apes and dolphins have in common? :confused: They’re second in intelligence only to humans. Craig Stanford, who is Professor of...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Daniel Walker Howe: Millennial & Utopian Movements in the Young Republic 11:00 AM, Sunday, March 2, 2008 William Miller predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur in 1843 or 1844. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, also preached...

The Center For Inquiry Office of Public Policy is encouraging a show of force at the Capitol Friday Feb 22 through Monday, Feb 25th. It's a bit far for me but maybe some of you closer would consider attending. http://centerforinquiry.net/dc/events/civic_days_at_the_capital/

CFI-Los Angeles's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Defending Science and Secularism in the Nation’s Capital: A First-Year Report Sunday, January 20th, 11 a.m. in Hollywood; 4:30 p.m. in Costa Mesa $6, or free for Friends of the Center. In order to promote and defend science and...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents How Technology has Reshaped War: From the Gatling Gun to WMDs Sunday, December 2, at 11 a.m. The Gatling Gun, which was invented by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling in 1862 and fired 600 rounds a minute, was a weapon of mass destruction. Though...

Hey all, The Center for Inquiry is hosting the "Secular Society and Its Enemies" conference at the New York Academy of Sciences this weekend (Nov. 9-11) Here's the site: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/secularsociety Are any forumites going to be there? I'll be there. We should say hi :D

CFI-Los Angeles's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents The Illusion of Harmony – Science and Religion in Islam Sunday, November 18 11 a.m. in Hollywood 4:30 p.m. in Costa Mesa $6, or free for Friends of the Center Muslim cultures are often enthusiastic about technology, but as a result...

CFI-Los Angeles' FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents A “Feed Your Brain” Special Event!! Nothing is Something to Believe In $6, or free for Friends of the Center Thursday, November 15, at 7 p.m In her new memoir, Nothing: Something to Believe In, Nica Lalli chronicles her experiences...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Skepticism for Students and Adults: An Aussie Perspective Sunday, Oct. 21 11 a.m. in Hollywood 4:30 p.m. in Costa Mesa $6.00 or Free for Friends of the Center Science education is the best protection against being exploited financially and...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Eddie Tabash The Threat of the Religious Right to our Modern Freedoms Sunday, October 7, at 11 a.m. $6.00 The religious right’s dire impact on the nation has been great. Edward Tabash, chair of CFI-West and a leading First Amendment and...

The CFI is having its 11th World Congress in Beijing from October 13-15. Speakers include Daniel Dennett and Murray Gell-Mann In an eerie coincidence that is the same time as a five-day long weekend here in Qatar (October 12th to 16th) so I've decided to go to the conference. It's destiny...

Wow! Check it out folks! Of course, this is mostly relevant to the JREFers who live in or near Chicago... http://www.centerforinquiry.net/chicago/ This is huge news! Now that there is a CFI/Chicago branch, we'll be able to network in the Midwest that much more effectively. They have a big...