18 May 2013

The Randi Show - Sylvia Browne: Wrong Again

Randi dives into the most recent of "psychic" Sylvia Browne's failed predictions, hoping that this one may be spectacular enough to put her out of business for good.

1 May 2013

Why They Don't Believe - Atheists Professor Richard Dawkins and physicist Lawrence Krauss

As the documentary "The Unbelievers" premieres at Toronto's Hot Docs Festival, two of the men featured in the film: professor Richard Dawkins and physicist Lawrence Krauss sit down with Steve Paikin to tell us why indeed, they don't believe.

26 April 2013

Trey Parker & Matt Stone - TAM 5

From The Amazing Meeting 5, the creators of "South Park", Trey and Matt, take questions from the audience and thank James Randi as the inspiration for their John Edward episode.

Penn Jillette gives the introduction.

23 April 2013

Richard Dawkins Bitch-Slaps anti-scientific theist

Richard Dawkins responds to a christian who is critical of the scientific method: "it (science) works... bitches!". Filmed at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on Friday 15th February 2013.

20 April 2013

The Honest Liar - Homeopathy: Money for Nothing

In the first installment of "The Honest Liar", Jamy Ian Swiss punctures the pretense of homeopathy. How much is too much to pay for a remedy with nothing in it?

18 April 2013

Richard Dawkins BHA Award Acceptance Speech 2012

Richard Dawkins quotes a passages from Bertrand Russell and Julian Huxley, along with creating his own rhyme about Andrew Copson during his acceptance speech for the BHA award of Services to Humanism.

Richard speaks of his idea for a new degree course with evolution at the centre, branching out into philosophy, economics, engineering, medicine, agriculture, social science, linguistics, physics, cosmology, computer science, and more...

Charles Darwin is discussed with references to how all Doctors should be Darwinian's and how past mistakes could have been avoided if that were so.

Professor Dawkins also discusses Balliol College and talks of how classics and scientific disciplines can be tied in together, emphasising the importance of the study of classics in terms of evolution.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BritishHumanists

5 April 2013

"Skepticism about the Future: Techno-Optimism vs. Reality" - TAM 2012

In this panel discussion from TAM 2012, moderator Julia Galef leads Steven Novella, Michael Vassar, Michael Shermer, and Stephen Macknik in an exploration of how skeptical we should be about the idea that technology will continue to trend our society in a positive direction.

2 April 2013

2013 Pigasus Awards Announcement

Since 1997, the JREF's annual Pigasus Awards have been bestowed on the most deserving charlatans, swindlers, psychics, pseudo-scientists, and faith healers—and on their credulous enablers, too. The awards are named for both the mythical flying horse Pegasus of Greek mythology and the highly improbable flying pig of popular cliche. These are the awards for 2012. Find out more about this year's winners here: http://ow.ly/jDZwg