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  • Members: 316
  • Category: Education
  • Founded: Aug 10, 1998
  • Language: English
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People, Note a changed meeting location while renovations are active in 2009, this place is down the hill a block and just west of our last location. We will...
1 Sep 14, 2009
2:11 am

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People, It has been a good season for PhACT - we had a lot of great speakers and increased attendance. Our annual fund raiser for members is Saturday May 30th...
2 Jul 12, 2009
5:13 pm

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People, Saturday, April 18, 2009 2m - Teaching Critical Thinking Speakers Sharon Schwarze and Harvey Lape of Cabrini college will speak about their critical...
1 Apr 16, 2009
8:58 am

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Folks, I'm sorry Tiger's game last Sunday went two hours late right over Dateline. The show about a Dennis Lee high mileage scam is rescheduled to air in the...
2 Apr 6, 2009
2:47 am

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People, March 29th 7pm, Dateline plans to run an expose on the latest Dennis Lee high mileage scam. There is a small chance it could get delayed some if Tiger...
1 Mar 18, 2009
11:26 am

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People, Our updated Phact discussion board has gotten started at http://phactforum.org//list.php?4 Our next meeting is 2pm Feb 21 in room S2-03 on the second...
1 Feb 11, 2009
11:32 am

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People, A reminder to come to our meeting Saturday a week:- another meeting that should be of interest to most people: Saturday, January 17, 2009 Philadelphia...
1 Jan 10, 2009
1:26 am

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People, Please hold open January 17th for the start of our 13th year of supporting science and critical thinking. Our speaker is Dan Falk author of In Search...
1 Jan 1, 2009
4:28 am

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Hi all -- I have been the keeper of the bulk of the PhACT lending library since Bill Wisdom moved to smaller quarters a year ago. Now I am moving, and would...
1 Dec 2, 2008
12:59 pm

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People, I have talked to world famous paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell. He would be willing to speak to us in Spring of 2009 if we could cover his travel...
1 Nov 18, 2008
12:50 am

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Saturday November 15th at 2pm Our speaker for our next lecture will be Pam Freyd of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. An overview of her talk: In the early...
1 Nov 7, 2008
3:20 am

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People, When I was in school, plenty of people believed Freudian psychology which was merely a series of opinions parading as science. It's my understanding...
1 Oct 17, 2008
2:05 am

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People, join us for the first meeting of the season. Next Saturday September 20th at 2pm we will hear from Dr John Allen Paulos. He is a mathematics professor...
1 Sep 13, 2008
7:02 am

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On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:05 PM, erickrieg@... wrote: People, People, sorry for the wrong day July 13th 2008 Saturday PhACT Picnic. Noon at Mondauk...
1 Jul 5, 2008
11:32 pm

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People, a few announcements: Local TV station, WYBE has been airing a 5 minute presentation I did on organized skepticism at ...
1 Jul 5, 2008
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Thought you all might like to know that the showing of Ben Stein's movie _Expelled_ has been suspended for at least a couple of weeks. It turns out that there...
1 May 5, 2008
1:53 am

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hey, On May 17th noon, we have a luncheon panel discussion on Media Integrity with the Inquirer's Faye Flam, KYW's Tony Romeo, and Fox News' Bruce Gordon. This...
1 May 3, 2008
3:33 pm

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People, Don't forget the coming meeting with the author of " Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism " this Saturday April 19 at 2pm. Saturday,...
1 Apr 14, 2008
10:36 am

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Philadelphia has the privilege this year of being host to the International Cultic Studies Association&#39;s annual meeting. Featured will be people with a variety...
1 Mar 13, 2008
12:56 am

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March 15 th 2008 Real Free Energy by Nick Pine There are all kinds of false promises of free energy. There are also many forms of renewable energy that are...
1 Mar 8, 2008
6:15 pm

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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
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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

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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

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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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