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  • Members: 316
  • Category: Education
  • Founded: Aug 10, 1998
  • Language: English
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People, Next Saturday's lecture on Vaccine Safety is another of interest to everyday people. Some say that vaccines are causing huge numbers of deaths, ...
1 Feb 11, 2008
12:33 am

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Happy New Year, people, There is a great chance to see and meet leading skeptic, Mike Shermer. We are jointly hosting him at the Philadelphia Ethical Society...
1 Jan 3, 2008
6:27 pm

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People, November 17th lecture: "Everything&#39;s Relative and Other Fables in Science and Technology" Our November 17th speaker is Tony Rothman who is a...
1 Nov 6, 2007
12:12 pm

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People, don't miss our coming lecture on "THE SCIENCE of SEXUALITY" October 20th at 2pm. Philadelphia Inquirer author of the column œCarnal Knowledge,...
1 Oct 8, 2007
4:58 pm

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Fellow Phactors, Don't forget that our first meeting of the season is coming up this Saturday the 15th at 2pm. Our speaker is Walter Rowe, a forensic expert...
1 Sep 12, 2007
7:40 pm

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Hey people, The world still needs more science and rationality. We are starting up the fall 2007 PhACT season - remember, 3rd Saturday's of the month in room...
1 Aug 23, 2007
3:14 am

Eric Krieg
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People, The PhACT Picnic & Family-Fun-Day is coming up soon, Saturday, June 24 from 1 to 5pm. Bring food. There is a grill in the pavilion we we are renting....
2 Jun 18, 2007
5:09 pm

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People, Now is the time to sign up for our April 21 2007 12:30 PhACT Award Banquet. Among the arguments that convinced me 30 years ago to reject evolution was...
1 Apr 5, 2007
3:12 am

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People, We are sorry to announce that the strike at the college and inclement weather have forced us to cancel the 2pm lecture relating to vaccine safety - it...
1 Mar 16, 2007
12:19 am

eric Krieg
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People, We have a good oppotunity to hear from a leading climatologist on the subject of global warming Saturday Feb 17th - this is the science that is hot...
1 Feb 8, 2007
2:42 am

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Hey folks, a final reminder: we will meet at 2pm this Saturday in the lobby of the Academy of Natural Sciences for some learning. Find us in the lobby so we...
2 Jan 16, 2007
3:23 am

Eric Krieg
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People, Our editor, Ray Haupt just put out another great issue of Phactum. If you don't already subscribe of have fallen behind,, send him 15$ made out to him...
1 Nov 15, 2006
4:38 am

Eric Krieg
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People, Happy Halloween - though people say skeptics are boring, I dressed up in a Star Trek uniform today and will pass out candy tonight. Former PhACT...
1 Oct 31, 2006
9:52 pm

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People, It's been over 4 years since über-skeptic, Michael Shermer was in town. He will speak promptly at 7pm Oct 13th at the ETHICAL SOCIETY at 1906 S....
1 Sep 29, 2006
10:50 am

Eric Krieg
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People, The world needs more critical thinking, and we are starting up our fall season: Decreasing sources of dangerous oil from contentious places has led ...
1 Sep 12, 2006
1:07 am

Eric Krieg
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<http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp> <http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07jul_marshoax.htm> Bill...
1 Aug 22, 2006
2:13 am

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The lead character in this upcoming movie is reportedly (according to the *Campus Freethinker*) based on real-life skeptical investigator Joe Nickell. \\||/, ...
1 Aug 19, 2006
10:30 pm

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The guest at the next meeting of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society will be Max Mintz, a Penn engineering professor, speaking on the subject of quantum...
1 Aug 7, 2006
11:19 am

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erehliamon@... recommends a page from The Onion. The recommended page is: Illiterate Spirit Frustrates Ouija- Board Players ...
1 Jul 30, 2006
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Maine AG Files Suit Against Gentle Wind WMTW, USA July 14, 2006 www.wmtw.com AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit against...
1 Jul 15, 2006
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hey folks, Please note, our picnic is noon to around 4pm this Saturday, June 17th. This is the only PhACT phunction for the summer. This time we are in Buck's...
1 Jun 12, 2006
3:20 am

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Please note, our picnic date has been changed to Saturday June 17th. This is the only PhACT phunction for the summer. This time we are in Buck's County's Peace...
1 Jun 1, 2006
2:11 am

Eric Krieg
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People, Just a reminder - as noted at: http://www.phact.org/meetings.html There is a PhACT meeting 2pm tomorrow on Terrorism and Emergency Response by Ralph...
1 Apr 14, 2006
11:10 pm

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People, We still need a volunteer to at least help out with our newsletter. Our coming meeting April 15 is in room W2-48 at 2:00 PM directions at: ...
1 Apr 7, 2006
3:13 am

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I've seen the Scientologists many times during my daily rounds and have been tempted to confront them. But since I'm always on the clock when I see them, I...
3 Mar 25, 2006
8:21 pm

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For those of us who don't like confrontations, perhaps humor is a good way of getting up the nerve to expose them. I'm thinking of saying (loudly) something...
1 Mar 24, 2006
12:00 am

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Just a reminder for the PhACT meeting this Saturday. 2PM room W2-48 at the SW corner of 17th and Spring Garden. Directions are found at ...
1 Mar 17, 2006
8:11 pm

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Hi folks, The April meeting will be on risks of disasters - more on that later. We do need help getting a new editor of PhACTUM after the next issue. For that...
1 Mar 12, 2006
4:16 am

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Happy Darwin Day. Actually around 400 churches are celebrating it. On this day in 1909, both Abe Lincoln and Darwin were born. see: http://darwinday.org/ ...
1 Feb 13, 2006
11:44 am

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Eric: Attached is a copy of the flyer that I have distributed throughtout the College. A general email and events announcement has also been sent. Unrelated...
1 Jan 13, 2006
7:03 pm

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