Who, what, why, etc?

Skeptics SA is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting rational investigation of the natural world. We do this for various reasons. Many of the members seek a handy reference for dealing with much of the misinformation in the world. Many feel they should try to understand the world around them rather than just rely on faith from a third party. Some, we’re sure, enjoy the lively discussion at our meetings.

Blog

The new Skeptics SA blog is up and running at skepticssa.wordpress.com. Drop in, to read and comment.

Brochures

Over the years Skeptics SA has collected and written a number of brochures covering the skeptical position on a whole range of ideas. These have been on offer for free at our meetings and are presented here in two forms: as HTML pages for reading in a browser window, or as PDFs for download. (PDFs require the free Adobe reader.)

Forthcoming events

Skeptics SA holds a meeting for the general public and subscribers on the first Thursday of each even numbered month, i.e. February, April, June, August, October and December. Details of the next meeting are on the Forthcoming events page.

The big event of the year is the annual national convention, 11–12 October. For details, see the Convention page.

Previous speakers

Over the years we have had many speakers on a range of topics. Details of speakers and their subjects are on the Previous speakers page.

Links

Selected links to like-minded sites across the world...

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• Australian Skeptics
  Home page of Australia’s national organisation
• Podblack
  An Australian skeptical blog
• Barry Williams
  Barry Williams blogs for The Australian
• Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
  The pioneer US organisation, publisher of The Skeptical Inquirer, and formerly known as CSICOP
• The Skeptics Society
  US group, publisher of Skeptic magazine
• Association for Skeptical Enquiry
  The UK organisation
• Bad Astronomy
  Phil Plait’s site: debunking the Apollo hoax, astrology, Richard Hoagland...
• Bad Science
  Alistair Fraser’s attempt to sensitize teachers and students to examples of the bad science often taught in schools, universities, and offered in popular articles and even textbooks
• James Randi Educational Foundation
  Randi’s weekly commentary and lots more
• The Skeptic’s Dictionary
  A collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions (and how to think critically about them)
• Butterflies and Wheels
  UK site with links to current skeptical comment
• Quackwatch
  Stephen Barrett’s guide to quackery, health fraud, and intelligent decisions
• The Secular Web: Internet Infidels
  Skeptical, Humanist...
• The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
  Items by Richard Dawkins and others