Event Listing
The social and cultural factors influencing attitudes to abortion – Dr Lora Adair and Dr Nicole Lozano
Scientific approaches to understanding reproductive choice typically position decision-makers as rational. What is missing is a description of the internal, psychological process when someone is making a choice about their reproduction, their family constellation, and their future. Are these choices rational? Do people really view children as a calculus of financial gains and losses? We explore these questions by emphasising the role that our social world plays in shaping our reproductive decisions and attitudes.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Evolutionary Perspectives On Religion — Dr Kat Ford
From an evolutionary perspective, religion presents something of a challenge. It is ubiquitous, but can be costly, while serving no obvious function. Is it just a collection of highly successful memes? Is it an inevitable but largely benign by product of minds highly evolved for social living? Or are there some real evolutionary benefits to religious cognition?
Mental Health Pseudoscience on Social Media – Carrie Poppy
Trauma, gaslighting, narcs, multiple personalities, and the rest of the human mind. Where better to learn about these things than TikTok, Instagram and Twitter? Carrie Poppy (Oh No, Ross and Carrie) takes you on a tour of some of the most popular social media pseudoscience, how to spot it, and what you can say when you see it.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
February Social
Casual chatting over drinks and optional food (as in, when we individually feel like ordering).
Ivermectin for COVID-19: A Tale of Science Gone Wrong? – Jack Lawrence
If you missed our Ivermectin talk with Jack Lawrence, then good news — he's giving the talk for Skeptics in the Pub Online.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Building bridges – how to talk to conspiracy believers – Ulrike Schiesser
In the last two years conspiracy theories seemed to have spread even to people we would never have expected to be susceptible. We lost friends, saw family members drifting away and experienced an increasing radicalization. How can we connect despite such different world views?
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
January Social
Casual chatting over drinks and optional food (as in, when we individually feel like ordering).
The Skeptics’ Guide to Vexillology – Dr Tom Williamson
Flags! They’re everywhere, from battlefields to Pride marches to the World Cup. But what secrets and mysteries do flags hold? Why do some people get upset if you say Union Flag instead of Union Jack? Are remainers right when they say they want their star back?
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Decembrr Social
Casual chats and laughs. Talk about the latest scientific news, question the universe or have a friendly debate. Or just natter about casual stuff like podcasts, films, and comedy.
Why Sharks Matter: the Science and Policy of Saving Threatened Sharks – Dr David Shiffman
Sharks are some of the most fascinating, most ecologically important, most threatened, and most misunderstood animals on Earth. More often feared than revered, their role as predators of the deep have earned them a reputation as a major threat to humans. But the truth is that sharks are not a danger to us — they’re in danger from us.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.