{"id":15782,"date":"2025-08-01T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=15782"},"modified":"2025-08-29T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:58:38","slug":"2025-08-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-08-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Skeptics presents &#8220;SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1708\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/humanists.org_2025_08_23_SC25-web-placeholder-5.27.25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15783\"\/><figcaption>SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>9 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m., August 23, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\">SkeptiCal is the scientific skepticism conference sponsored by several northern California skeptical groups. The Humanist Community is participating as an Exhibitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\">Get your tickets now! Ticket prices goes up to $70 on Friday.<br><strong>Update: <\/strong>The early pricing for SkeptiCal 2025 is extended through Sunday, August 3rd!<br>Use the code <b>EXTENDED<\/b> to get the $20 off the full price when buying the ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\"><strong>SPEAKERS:<\/strong><br><strong>Eugenie Scott<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Scopes at 100: A Good Story to Take Seriously<br><strong>Ross Blocher<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Presenting Skepticism at LA&#8217;s Largest Spiritual Conference<br><strong>Dana Nuccitelli<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Doom, Gloom, and Energy Boom<br><strong>Celeste Kidd<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; How to Know<br><strong>Molly Bentley and Seth Shostak<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Podcasting Skepticism<br><strong>Kyle Polich<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Enhance!<br><strong>Erica Byrne<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Everyday Acts of Science and Skepticism<br><strong>Jim Underdown<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Four Miracles<br><strong>Bill Patterson<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Skepardy!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\"><strong>Tickets<\/strong> ($50 during July; $75 thereafter):&nbsp;<a class=\"!text-viridian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skepticalcon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">skepticalcon.com<\/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=NzBsbHQyYWJiYnJkYnYxMDVuM2VtdDBhazUgaHVtYW5pc3Rjb21tc3ZAbQ&amp;tmsrc=humanistcommsv%40gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/images\/ext\/gc_button1_en.gif\" alt=\"Google Calendar\" 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\/2025-08-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-08-23\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RSVP on Meetup:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/310302014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/310302014\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Retweet our announcement on the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1951077769464717389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1951077769464717389<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bay Area Skeptics presents &#8220;SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIsol7qSKW\">https:\/\/t.co\/PIsol7qSKW<\/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\/CP0sws2xZO\">pic.twitter.com\/CP0sws2xZO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Humanist Community (@HumanistCommSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1951077769464717389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m., August 23, 2025 SkeptiCal is the scientific skepticism conference sponsored by several northern California skeptical groups. The Humanist Community is participating as an Exhibitor. Details Get your tickets now! Ticket prices goes up to $70 on Friday.Update: The early pricing for SkeptiCal 2025 is extended through Sunday, August 3rd!Use the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2025-08-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bay Area Skeptics presents &#8220;SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[257],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15782"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15814,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions\/15814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}