Pacific NW Lizards: 4 Day Skeptics Conference in Eugene this Weekend
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Schedule - the Skeptic’s Toolbox
Thursday, August 9
2:00—5:00 PM
Registration at Living Learning Center Performance Hall
Meet and Greet
7:00—10:00 PM
Evidence & Skepticism
Video examples of evidence in art, science, and other areas
Discussion of examples with Faculty and Participants
Assignment to teams
Friday, August 10
9:00—10:15 AM
Three Renaissance Philosophers: Evaluating Evidence before Science
Loren Pankratz
10:45—12:00 PM
Evidence: Use or Abuse?
Ray Hyman
2:00—3:15 PM
Evaluating Evidence in Medicine: What Can Go Wrong?
Harriet Hall, MD
3:45—5:00 PM
Teams work on assignments
7:00—10:00 PM
More Examples and Discussion of Use and Misuse of Evidence
Faculty and Participants
Saturday, August 11
9:00—10:15 AM
Media Complicity in Muddling Public Understanding of Medicine
Lindsay Beyerstein
10:45—12:00 PM
Teams work on assignments
2:00—3:15 PM
Evaluating Psychological Research: What Was Reported, What Was Not
James Alcock
3:45—5:00 PM
Teams continue their work
7:00—10:00 PM
Dinner in Moore Dining Room
“In the Trenches” Award
Magic Show: Jay Frasier, Ron Friedland Ray Hyman
Sunday, August 12
9:30—11:30 AM
Wrap Up: So What Have We Learned?
Discussion Teams present their evaluations of evidence in assigned reports.