Last week, I attended a talk at the local Boulder Fiske Planetarium dealing with debunking the Moon Hoax. It was given by Stu Robbins, an astronomer who frequents the BAUT forum. I was really looking forward to this, since it’s always good to see how others approach the problem.
I wasn’t disappointed. He went into a lot of detail over many of the Moon Hoax claims, and did a great job debunking them. The talk was informative and funny (he showed clips from Penn and Teller’s Showtime program, um, "Bulls Hit" — heavily bleeped — which included yours truly) and the audience loved it. As a matter of fact, he said a few things which made me realize I need to update my own talk on the topic! We all hung out for a while chatting about it and laughing. If you ever get a chance to see his talk (and I just learned he’ll be giving it at the pre-party before the Denver Skeptic’s Camp) you should take it.
July 26th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Argh! Fix the posting script!
Use a genetic algorithm to evolve one.
Wait… skeptics have camps now? Are they like those Jesus camps? You know… where they “pray the gay away”?
July 26th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Would videos of the talk be available online?
July 26th, 2007 at 10:42 am
I’ve never enjoyed fisking. My door just doesn’t swing that way.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I don’t want to see any Jesus ads on your site ever again, please.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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July 26th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
>> Would videos of the talk be available online?
Nope. Unless someone took an unauthorized video during the show.
July 27th, 2007 at 9:47 am
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July 27th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Stuart’s presentation at the SkeptiCamp pre-party will be uncensored.
Stu’s going blue.