- Saturday
September 20, 2008
- 6:00pm Socializing
- 6:30pm Dinner
- 7:30pm Lecture
- Fife City Bar &
Grill
- 3025 Pacific Hwy. E.
Fife, WA 98424
(253) 922-9555
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- Speaker: Ray
Hyman
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Parapsychology’s Achilles’ Heel: Consistent Inconsistency
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Things have been changing dramatically in the world of parapsychology.
Dr. Hyman participated in a recent conference in
British Columbia
that was supposed to achieve a consensus on the status of the evidence for
psi and also discuss the reasons why the scientific community still does not
take parapsychological claims seriously. He has written about that
experience in Skeptical Inquirer. Now Dean Radin has issued a
rebuttal, accusing Dr. Hyman of inability to see the “conclusive”
arguments for psi. The arguments have become increasingly bizarre. Hear all
about the conference, the controversy, and the reason Dr. Hyman is “no
longer agnostic” about parapsychology. He says “parapsychology has
failed in its quest and it is senseless to continue.”
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Dr. Hyman is one of the founders of CSICOP, Professor Emeritus of
Psychology at the
University
of
Oregon
, organizer of The Skeptic’s Toolbox workshops, inveterate investigator of
parapsychological claims, and a magician to boot. His accomplishments
are too many to list; we’ll just say that modern skepticism owes a great
deal to him. He’s a national treasure and it’s a real privilege to have
him speak to our group.
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- PLEASE,
YOU MUST RSVP BY WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH
- (reply
to this email)
- Include
choice of entree and the number in your party.
- Meals are
ordered off the menu from these choices.
- King Salmon =
$18.00
- Maple Cider
Roasted Chicken = $17.00
- Pot Roast =
$13.50
- Vegetarian
and special diet meals also available, ask for price when you arrive/
- Payment Methods
- Mastercard, Visa,
Amex, Discover, Diners Club, Check
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- Southbound on I-5
- Take exit #136 toward PORT OF
TACOMA - go 0.3 mi
- Turn
RIGHT on PORT OF TACOMA RD - go < 0.1
m
- Turn
LEFT on PACIFIC HWY E - go 0.1 mi
- Arrive at 3025 PACIFIC HWY
E, FIFE, on the
RIGHT
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- http://skeptics.meetup.com:80/148/
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