SkeptiCal 2021 - Livestream

In its 11th year, SkeptiCal 2021 brings stimulating and entertaining speakers to a nation-wide audience of science fans, critical thinkers, and, in the words of Carl Sagan, questioners of “extraordinary claims”. Join us for two stimulating days of speakers, interviews, and discussions. And - test your wits on a round of Skeptical trivia, and try your hand at SkeptiCal’s popular Skepardy! game.

Register at weblink.  Schedule of speakers here.

Talks include:

• Real vs Unfounded Concerns about COVID-19 Vaccines. Speaker: Paul Offit
• The Fiction of Memory. Speaker: Elizabeth Loftus, UC Irvine
• Fake doctor. Real harm. Confessions of a former naturopathic doctor. Speaker: Britt Marie Hermes, former naturopathic doctor.
• A conversation with Maria Konnikova
• Big Bad Pharma, the FDA, and the reasons why a new Alzheimer’s drug should never have been approved. Speaker: Rachel Dunlop, Brain Chemistry Labs
• Déjà Voodoo: Or How to Start Your Own Cult. Speaker: Ross Blocher, Podcaster
• Fighting Pseudoscience at Scale: How to Take on the Juggernauts of Woo. Speaker: Thomas Westbrook, Holy Koolaid LLC

Registrants will receive connection information prior to the event.