{"id":15330,"date":"2025-02-06T00:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2025-02-11T05:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T05:49:38","slug":"2025-02-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-02-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Skeptics\u2019 first SkeptiCamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/humanists.org_2025_02_09_seth_shostak.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15333\"\/><figcaption>SETI Institute Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/baskeptics.org_2025_02_09_BAS-SkeptiCamp-Wide-1920x1005-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15346\"\/><figcaption>Oganized by Bay Area Skeptics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>10 a.m.-5 p.m., February 9, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us in person or online at the first SkeptiCamp hosted by the Bay Area Skeptics. SkeptiCamp is an informal, in-person, free conference where you can learn about science and skepticism, meet fellow skeptics, and enjoy the company of friends old and new. One of Humanists&#8217; shared values is critical thinking.<br>Here are the presenters and their topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patrick O\u2019Reilly, &#8220;False Confessions&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Russell Wilcox, &#8220;Postmodernism and science education&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Susan Gerbic, &#8220;Psychics and wildfires&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Erica Byrne, Workshop on everyday skepticism<\/li>\n<li>Seth Shostak, &#8220;Aliens!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Norman Sperling, &#8220;The anti-horoscope&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Raleigh McLemore, &#8220;Skeptical humor&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jay Diamond, &#8220;Skepticism and philosophy&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Attend in Person:<br>The Huddle, Google Visitor Experience, located in Google Gradient Canopy, 2000 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available at:<br><b>Shoreline Amphitheatre Parking Lot C<\/b>, which is located north of the Google Visitor Experience at 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy (~4 minute walk. Parking is not allowed on concert days, but, as of now, there are no concerts scheduled.)<br><b>Alta Garage<\/b>, which is located at 1001 Alta Ave (~8 minute walk). EV charging is available at Alta Garage.<br><b>ADA parking is available at both Lot C and Alta Garage<\/b>. Additionally, an ADA-accessible drop off zone is located at the western building entrance in front of the Google Store.<br><b>Public Transportation<\/b>: The VTA Route 40 bus operates daily, and stops at Charleston &amp; Huff.<br><b>Bicycle Parking<\/b>: There are bicycle racks located outside of Gradient Canopy for your use. Please bring your own lock to secure your bike.<br><b>Rideshare<\/b>: Using Uber or Lyft, set your location as Gradient Canopy, and you will be dropped off in front of the building, off Joaquin Rd.<\/p>\n<p><b>Food\/Drink<\/b><br>There will be a 45-minute lunch break during SkeptiCamp. There is a restaurant on site for food and drink, but nothing very close in the surrounding neighborhood. The only external food and drink the Huddle allows is water bottles.<\/p>\n<p>If you can join us in person, please email vp@humanists.org to help us make sure we have room for you. If you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>See you Sunday at SkeptiCamp. And bring a friend!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Also, we will continue to present our forums <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Zoom. To join and be able to ask questions and make comments, click here<\/a>.<br>No password is needed &#8212; our host will admit you from the waiting room. Joining the meeting via the link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer (if it&#8217;s not already installed), and then take you to the meeting. You can also install the Zoom app on your computer or smartphone, and then enter:<br>Meeting ID: 816 5389 0712<br>Passcode: 250634<\/p>\n<p>You can also call any of the following phone numbers and then enter the above Meeting ID and the Passcode in order to join the meeting by phone.<br>+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<br>+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<br>+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br>+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br>+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br>+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br>+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<br>You can find international phone numbers to call <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/u\/afYkAuvE6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Subscribe to our events in your Apple Calendar:<br><a href=\"webcal:\/\/p162-caldav.icloud.com\/published\/2\/Mjk3Nzk1MTgyMjk3Nzk1MRBa7aU6zKSIJMfDjhqBP8r3muvKK3GLLCRnZoCneHpXv08CyGJAJRVI5yyh-SVWxGJE9xHfdUs72pmiBNlOBpY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">webcal:\/\/p162-caldav.icloud.com\/published\/2\/Mjk3Nzk1MTgyMjk3Nzk1MRBa7aU6zKSIJMfDjhqBP8r3muvKK3GLLCRnZoCneHpXv08CyGJAJRVI5yyh-SVWxGJE9xHfdUs72pmiBNlOBpY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add this event to your Google calendar: <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MnE4c2Ezb2hicDJuYnE3NDY5Y2FjNXYzbTYgaHVtYW5pc3Rjb21tc3ZAbQ&amp;tmsrc=humanistcommsv%40gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/images\/ext\/gc_button1_en.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the Humanist Community web site:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-02-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-02-09\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RSVP on Meetup:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/306017748\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/306017748\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the Interested button or share on Patch:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/paloalto\/calendar\/event\/20250209\/9503ddc7-55da-4949-84e1-2d5478a06590\/bay-area-skeptics-first-skepticamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/paloalto\/calendar\/event\/20250209\/9503ddc7-55da-4949-84e1-2d5478a06590\/bay-area-skeptics-first-skepticamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Retweet our announcement on the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1887303861402255580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1887303861402255580<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bay Area Skeptics\u2019 first SkeptiCamp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0mMPlyeNO5\">https:\/\/t.co\/0mMPlyeNO5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Meetup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Meetup<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meetup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Meetup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5b86jPT8lC\">pic.twitter.com\/5b86jPT8lC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Humanist Community (@HumanistCommSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1887303861402255580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watch videos of our past Forums: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hcsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hcsv\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 a.m.-5 p.m., February 9, 2025 Join us in person or online at the first SkeptiCamp hosted by the Bay Area Skeptics. 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