Comments on: Camp Skeptic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-77242 Reed Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:07:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/#comment-77242 Thanks for the mention Phil! MO Man: TAM is reasonably-priced compared to other conferences in Vegas. Try pricing out a trip to CES for example and you'll see that TAM is competitively priced. In any case, skepticamp is intended to lower the barriers to hosting skeptic conferences, so we hope to see many events around the country and eventually the world. Thanks for the mention Phil!

MO Man: TAM is reasonably-priced compared to other conferences in Vegas. Try pricing out a trip to CES for example and you’ll see that TAM is competitively priced.

In any case, skepticamp is intended to lower the barriers to hosting skeptic conferences, so we hope to see many events around the country and eventually the world.

]]> By: MO Man http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-77241 MO Man Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:18:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/#comment-77241 On a somewhat related topic, I have attended two of Randi's Amazing Meetings and would love to go again, but it has simply outpriced this family. It would be $825 just for my wife and me to register (not even going to any of the extra events). All told, it would cost us just under $3,000 for a five day trip. Yes, this next gathering has an all star cast, but for that amount of money we can take two cruises and see the real stars (if you think that is not true, do a little research and you will find that discounted cruises are everywhere, while meetings of skeptics are still at full retail, so to speak). So, why does TAM have to be so expensive? On a somewhat related topic, I have attended two of Randi’s Amazing Meetings and would love to go again, but it has simply outpriced this family. It would be $825 just for my wife and me to register (not even going to any of the extra events). All told, it would cost us just under $3,000 for a five day trip. Yes, this next gathering has an all star cast, but for that amount of money we can take two cruises and see the real stars (if you think that is not true, do a little research and you will find that discounted cruises are everywhere, while meetings of skeptics are still at full retail, so to speak). So, why does TAM have to be so expensive?

]]> By: dziban http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-77240 dziban Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:35:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/#comment-77240 I could really eat a cheeseburger right now. Old books smell like mildew. Dude, that cow is in the field! (Some non-sequiturs of my own, so yours doesn't get lonely) I could really eat a cheeseburger right now. Old books smell like mildew. Dude, that cow is in the field!

(Some non-sequiturs of my own, so yours doesn’t get lonely)

]]> By: thatguy02 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-77239 thatguy02 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:55:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/18/camp-skeptic/#comment-77239 Dang. I'm trapped in Florida. I've been to Colorado maybe once. It's nice up there; saw a lot of bighorn sheep where I was at. Dang. I’m trapped in Florida. I’ve been to Colorado maybe once. It’s nice up there; saw a lot of bighorn sheep where I was at.

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