Accepting the Absurd: How Skepticism is Revealing the Nature of the Universe

Our current understanding of the universe incorporates ideas that seem absurd: Space is expanding and accelerating. Most of the "stuff" of the universe isn't the protons and neutrons that a generation was taught to believe.

Why does science take these things seriously? This talk will explain the evidence and thought process that have forced a fundamental re-examination of our understanding of the nature of our universe. The result is both strange and deeply satisfying.

About the Speaker: Leonard Tramiel is Coordinator of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) San Francisco, is on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) Executive Council, and holds a PhD in Physics from Columbia University. He is a retired hi-tech executive with a deep interest in science, science education, and public attitudes toward science.

Skeptics in the Pub, West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae

If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!

Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics of science, reason, and skepticism.  Sometimes there will be a planned talk sometimes it is a group of like minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience. 

Fiddlers Green is a 10 minute stroll from the Millbrae BART & Caltrain station. [Click for Map]