Comments on: Dogs Are Spies From Venus

By: Two Cultures – Zoonomian

Two Cultures – Zoonomian — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:26:39 +0000

[...] serving of Ben Goldacre in a week; having heard him speak at a Centre For Inquiry event reported here. Ben Goldacre (Photo Sven [...]

By: Appearances Can Be Deceptive – Zoonomian

Appearances Can Be Deceptive – Zoonomian — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:15:57 +0000

[...] Science Centre in San Francisco. The most recent demonstration I’ve seen was at the Weird Science event here in London earlier this month, where Richard Wiseman had us all in hysterics with a [...]

By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:16:27 +0000

“At the same time as the CfI meeting (which was great) was a workshop on tantric sex and yoga IIRC…and they seem to have all sorts of other weird religious groups at other times.”

I saw the flyer for that by the door. Maybe something we’re missing here – ‘whole body humanism?’ – bring it on….

By: Alan Henness (zeno)

Alan Henness (zeno) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:53:25 +0000

At the same time as the CfI meeting (which was great) was a workshop on tantric sex and yoga IIRC…and they seem to have all sorts of other weird religious groups at other times.

By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:32:20 +0000

Thanks for that Dan – point taken. I’ll amend the association with the venue. My perceived association is between CFI and secular interests.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:23:37 +0000

“It’s interesting for starters that the event was held in association with South Place Ethical Society at Conway Hall; a venue normally associated with hardcore secular (read atheist) meetings of the National Secular Society and British Humanist Association. ”

This is a misconception on several levels, but it suffices to point out that South Place Ethical Society *owns* Conway Hall. There are more SPES events there than there are NSS or BHA events. In fact, there are probably more *religious* meetings there than NSS or BHA meetings.