I recently posted an appeal to support the upcoming skeptical track at the Minneapolis CONvergence organized by The Skepchicks, a group of hip female skeptical activists and some guys. The first comment on that post was a stern admonition that one might not want to support "understanding of science and scepticism" by donating to this effort, because when you check on the intertubes to see what the skepchicks are REALLY up to, they are actually drinking Tang and Vodka drinks (known as Buzzed Aldrins) from the underwear of scantily dressed male attendees.
UPDATE: What is Skepchicon? Please see a note I've added to the END of this post which, if you have not ever been to Skepchicon, you are required to read before commenting on this blog post.
There are many different perspectives presented in the comments and several comments link out to both older and newer blog posts or other resources (including this podcast from Skeptically Speaking).
Here, I want to make one simple point that I'm sure about half the people reading this will agree with, the other half will disagree with. But first I want to note a very important bit of context to this discussion...
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UPDATE: What is Skepchicon? Please see a note I've added to the END of this post which, if you have not ever been to Skepchicon, you are required to read before commenting on this blog post.
There are many different perspectives presented in the comments and several comments link out to both older and newer blog posts or other resources (including this podcast from Skeptically Speaking).
Here, I want to make one simple point that I'm sure about half the people reading this will agree with, the other half will disagree with. But first I want to note a very important bit of context to this discussion...
Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
More...