The Skeptical Teacher

Musings of a science teacher & skeptic in an age of woo.

DragonCon 2013 Skeptrack Panel – Limits of Skepticism

Posted by mattusmaximus on September 6, 2013

The second panel in which I participated this past Labor Day weekend at DragonCon was a Skeptrack panel titled “Limits of Skepticism”.  I served as the moderator of the panel, which included philosopher of science Massimo Pigliucci, astronomer Pamela Gay, president of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) DJ Grothe, Center For Inquiry activist Debbie Goddard, freethought activist Margaret Downey, and author of “What’s the Harm?” website Tim Farley.  In this discussion we ranged far and wide on the question of what is skepticism, what are the tools of skepticism, what are the limits of skepticism, and how skepticism can apply beyond the so-called “traditional” topics (UFOs, Bigfoot, creationism, etc).  I recorded the audio of the panel and share it with you below – enjoy!

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DragonCon 2013 Skeptrack – Limits of Skepticism

2 Responses to “DragonCon 2013 Skeptrack Panel – Limits of Skepticism”

  1. Brandon said

    I am not sure how to get this to work. I have a powerpoint viewer, but no audio plays.

  2. Brandon said

    Nevermind! Got it to work, thanks for posting!

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