Hi y'all - why wasn't I invited?
On Sep 8, 12:50 pm, BC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As 2 or 3 of you know, I recently visited the annual awesomeness known
> as Dragon*Con (http://dragoncon.org), in part because of just how
> fucking awesome it is (of course), and in part because their science
> programming track spawned a skeptics track this year.
>
> Here's the complete list of their 4 days of
> talks/events:http://www.skeptrack.org/current_schedule_2008.html
>
> Some of the speakers I saw/heard included James Randi, Phil Plait, DJ
> Grothe, Benjamin Radford, Lori Lipman Brown, Jeff Wagg, George Hrab, a
> few Skepchicks, etc. Michael Shermer was also on the schedule, but I
> arrived after his talks were finished. Though "celebrities" in the
> world of skepticism & freethought, happy to talk with ye were they
> before and after their talks. Amongst other panel discussions, James
> Randi held a demonstration of his Million Dollar Challenge™, and the
> turnout for that had to be 400-500 people. He filled us in on the
> basics of the Challenge (including the fact that he has nothing to do
> with it once all parties agree on the protocols) and allowed an
> audience member to try his hands at dowsing (whereby said member
> proved better than most others they've tested). During the Q&A part
> of it, the final questioner made a feeble attempt at challenging the
> Challenge itself, was answered swiftly (get it?), refused to accept
> the answer, then proceeded to make a jackass of himself and thus
> provide us all with a bit of a comedy show.
>
> Overall, the panel discussions were great, and the panelists
> themselves were extremely impressed with the turnout and the
> response. In full force they vowed to attend next year. Randi
> discussed his adventures at D*C in his latest
> podcast:http://www.itricks.com/randishow
>
> The only downside I found was that with all of the great skeptic track
> talks, little time was left for all of the talks in the space and
> science tracks (amongst several other interesting tracks). But I
> highly recommend that a group from the MFA attend next year, as an
> unbelievable amount of fun and enlightenment is to be found at
> Dragon*Con. It is held every Labor Day weekend (for 22 years now) at
> the Hyatt & Marriot & Hilton hotels in downtown Atlanta. Plan to
> spend all four days and a few hundred dollars (though far less if we
> aggregate in less rooms).
>
> Another highlight of the con worthy of mention (apart from all of the
> wild costumes) were the singing Tesla coils of the Arc Attack! concert
> (http://www.arcattack.com);they'll be performing there next year, as
> well.
>
> -BC
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