SkeptiCal Con 2018: Northern California's Science Skepticism Conference

Conferences

Tags: SETI

Time: Sunday, Jun 10, 2018 -

Location: Hotel Shattuck Plaza, Berkeley, CA

SkeptiCal is the Northern California conference of science and skepticism, a day-long event with speakers and discussions on critical thinking.

Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Fellow and Senior Astronomer will be one of the featured speakers, asking "Are We Being Visited by Beings from Beyond Earth?"

Other speakers will include:

  • Yvette “SciBabe” d’Entremont – Everything is Killing You: A Marketing Guide for Bad Science
  • Kyle Polich – Skepticism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
  • Carrie Sager – Myths on Homelessness
  • Robert Lustig – The Hacking of the American Chile
  • Laura Sydell – Fake News vs. Wrong Facts: Knowing the Difference