Past Events

At Skepticon 2021, author Annie McCubbin talked about 'Wellness, women & woo' and referenced her book 'Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions : And How Critical Thinking Can Protect Them'. We'll view this (at times hilarious) presentation and discuss the points raised. Drinks and food available at the venue. Find us in the conference room - ask bar staff if unsure. A donation of e.g. $2 is appreciated, towards the cost of our Meetup platform.

Image by Nicholas Green, from Unsplash Skeptics member Chris will help us explore what is meant by the concept of "race". Is it a biological phenomenon or a social construct? Indeed, does the term have any meaning at all? Meet in the conference room at this venue: bar staff will help, if you can't find us. REMINDER: In discussions we ask everyone to respect when someone else is speaking and avoid interrupting them and to always ensure you are allowing…

Skeptics member Neil has kindly agreed to look into the once more topical subject of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), which used to be called UFOs - and perhaps still are by many. The Pentagon has revealed to the US Senate much more of what it knows than ever before - perhaps in the hope that people will stop accusing the US government of 'cover ups'. Skeptic, author and podcaster Mick West has taken a look at the updated information and…

Bring your ideas for the year's program along and we'll map out what we hope to cover in 2023. If you know of someone who might be willing to speak on that topic, even better! Drinks and food are available at the venue. Parking at City of Perth car parks is free after 6pm weekdays. I appreciate a gold coin donation to help cover the cost of the Meetup platform.

'Ancient Aliens Debunked' is a 3-hour documentary refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series 'Ancient Aliens'. It is essentially a point by point critique of the “ancient astronaut theory” which has been proposed by people like Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin as well as many others. ​ The film covers topics like: Ancient building sites: Puma Punku, The Pyramids, Baalbek, Incan sites, And Easter Island. Ancient artifacts: Pacal’s rocket, the Nazca lines, the Tolima “fighter jets”,…

So, what the heck is "concept creep"? Skeptics member Chris Hancock proposed this topic, for which we hope to have a speaker (linguist Daniel Midgley - TBC) but if not, Chris will run us through it. A definition from Wikipedia (sans references): "Concept creep is the process by which harm-related topics experience semantic expansion to include topics which would not have originally been envisaged to be included under that label. It was first identified by Nick Haslam in 2016, who…