Knowledge, rationality and secularism

This was the first talk in a series of the same name that will have monthly editions till June 2017. Experts from the fields of Philosophy, physics, anthropology, medicine, chemistry, biology and sociology will all contribute to these reflections on secularism and freedom of conscience.

If you are going to be visiting Granada in the upcoming months why not check out a session, all of which will take place at 19in the University’s scientific documentation centre.

The video for the first session is now available.

https://laicismo.org/2016/video-conferencia-conocimiento-racionalidad-y-laicismo-por-andres-carmona-en-granada/156232

Why do we believe in silly things? The social problems of pseudo-science.

 

This science communication session will be held during the morning of the 18th November at the University of Alicante and addresses the two issues in the title as well as closing with the session:

Fecalmagnetism: the art of selling shit. A case study where two friends invented a pseudoscience just to see how far they could get with barefaced lies? The answer is highly disturbing.

https://web.ua.es/es/seus/torrevieja/documentos/cursos-y-jornadas/2016-2017/programa-jornada-divulgacion-cientifica.pdf