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Book Review: “The Varieties of Scientific Experience” by Carl Sagan

Ann Druyan gives the 21st century a much needed gift of another book by Carl Sagan. It is based on the talk he gave at the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow, in 1985. Druyan’s introduction...

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TED Fellow – Follow Our Bliss?

In 2009, I was chosen to be a member of the TED Fellowship program and attend the TED conference in Long Beach, CA. As part of the inaugural class, I was the first Canadian TED Fellow. I continue to be...

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Celebrate Carl Sagan Day!

The celebrations to honour astronomer and science popularizer, Carl Sagan, begin today with the 2nd Annual Carl Sagan Day. Many events have been organized by skeptic groups that run between now and...

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New Event: Virtual Science Pub

The newly formed Northern Ontario Skeptics Society is holding its first event, a Virtual Science Pub. I’ll be hosting and all are welcome to join! The NOSS is holding a virtual science pub for those...

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Wiccans and Mystical Women: How New Age is Secretly Bad for Feminism

It’s not hard to argue how oppressive the Abrahamic religions are towards women. If you take a close look at most Eastern Asian religions as well, avoiding the cherry-picking found in the cliché...

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Secular Holiday Alternatives!

Are you a skeptic, humanist, or atheist and worried about how to deal with the very controversial subject of celebrating Christmas? Do you need an excuse to eat, drink, and be merry but want to do so...

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Skepticism and Beauty

Browsing the aisle of a local retailer, recently, started me thinking about beauty products and how skeptical I am of some their claims. The shelves are stocked with dozens of different facial...

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TAM2012 – A Life of Art and Skepticism

This past July, skeptics gathered at the Jame Randi Educational Foundation’s annual conference, The Amaz!ng Meeting, in Las Vegas, NV. I spoke about how my life as an artist influences my interest in...

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Darwin Day Art

This week we celebrated the scientific contributions of Charles Darwin, born on February 12th, with Darwin Day. I put my manga skills to work to create hand-drawn ink illustrations of Drawin for those...

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Launching a Skeptical-themed Manga Series

Legend of the Ztarr is a sword-and-sandals skeptical-themed manga epic that I’ve been writing and illustrating as my main publishing project. Recently, the popular crowd-funding site, Kickstarter, made...

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