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Nov
23
7:00 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
5.001
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Zen Yai Thai Restaurant
Canberra,
Australia
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6 Yes
0 Maybe
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Nov
13
6:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
4.001
Speaker: Dr (Ian) Pete Griffith Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU The what, where, when, and how of the anti-vaccination movement is quite easily established: the why is a different matter. This talk will explore the background to this movement, and attempt to explain why it exists. The author is of the view that hard-wiring of the brain to maintain the gene-pool (and avoid disease and death) is the basis - at least in the ill-informed - for delusional fears about vaccination. Sadly these fears have been exploited by certain individuals, perhaps for financial gain: otherwise, if educated, these people are in denial. All involved in this movement do not accept (or choose to ignore) that they are safe only if other members of society actually are vaccinated. The lack of understanding of the risks involved in - and/or refusal to acknowledge the importance of - universal vaccination (or the lack thereof) in public health programmes is a feature of this movement. How governments react to this challenge will be discussed. Pete graduated with a BA in Biochemistry from Oxford and has a PhD in Microbiology from the ANU. He worked on vaccines in the pharmaceutical industry for a while before joining the Victorian College of Pharmacy as lecturer in microbiology and immunology in 1975. He resigned as Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Microbiology in 1999, moving to a position in the Commonwealth Department of Health in Canberra where for a while he edited a journal, Communicable Diseases Intelligence, and was then Secretary to the Pandemic Influenza Planning Committee before retiring in 2001. He is actively involved in adult education in Canberra, and from 2002 - 2005 was President of Canberra Skeptics Incorporated. No need to book but please note that theatre holds 106. Dinner will follow lecture. Any questions please contact act1@skeptics.com.au
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Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building, ANU
Canberra,
Australia
-35.282538,149.116746
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7 Yes
3 Maybe
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Nov
9
7:00 PM
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5 attended (est.) –
4.502
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Turkish Pide House Restaurant
Canberra,
Australia
-35.282040,149.128586
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5 Yes
1 Maybe
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Oct
26
7:00 PM
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8 attended (est.) –
4.001
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Flavours of India
Canberra,
Australia
-35.277960,149.132200
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8 Yes
2 Maybe
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Oct
12
7:00 PM
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5 attended (est.) –
5.002
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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O'Stratos Greek Taverna
Canberra,
Australia
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5 Yes
1 Maybe
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Sep
28
7:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
4.502
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Zen Yai Thai Restaurant
Canberra,
Australia
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6 Yes
3 Maybe
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Sep
18
6:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
5.002
18th Of September 2009, 6pm-7.30pm
A Canberra Skeptics Lecture
Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building
Eggleston Road, Australian National University
FREE ADMISSION
The cross-party consensus that Australia should introduce an emissions trading scheme which existed in 2007 has broken down. Many divergent views exist on whether, when and how Australia should act to reduce its emissions. But too much of the debate in Australia ignores or misunderstands the international dimensions of the response to climate change. Once these are taken into account, Professor Stephen Howes argues that there is a compelling case for Australia to introduce an emissions trading scheme (ETS) now.
Stephen Howes is Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Economics and Government of the Australian National University. Prior joining the ANU, he was Chief Economist at AusAID, and before that was with the World Bank. He has a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. He worked on the Garnaut Climate Change Review in 2008.
Dinner will follow the lecture.
No need to book but note that the theatre seats 106.
Contact Nick on 6262 5966 or act1@skeptics.com.au
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Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building, ANU
Canberra,
Australia
-35.282538,149.116746
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7 Yes
1 Maybe
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Sep
14
7:00 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
5.002
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Turkish Pide House Restaurant
Canberra,
Australia
-35.282040,149.128586
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6 Yes
2 Maybe
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Aug
31
7:00 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
4.502
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Flavours of India
Canberra,
Australia
-35.277960,149.132200
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5 Yes
2 Maybe
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Aug
17
7:00 PM
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2 attended (est.) –
5.001
We meet every fortnight to socialize and chat about a wide range of topics. So if you feel like hanging out with some like minded people and exploring ideas from an atheist perspective feel free to come along. If you have trouble finding us my number is 0404 483 428 -James
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Zen Yai Thai Restaurant
Canberra,
Australia
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2 Yes
1 Maybe
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