Radio Freethinker Episode 177 – Back to Mars Edition
Posted by Don McLenaghen on August 7, 2012
This week:
- Curiosity Lands on Mars,
- Awful Atheists, and
- Quack medicine and your pet
Download the episode here!
Topics:
Curiosity Lands on Mars
For the first time in Olympic history a cyborg…part human part machine…will competing at the Olympics. Or put another way, for the first time in Olympic history a disabled sprinter will compete in the regular Olympics with the aid of prosthetics legs. Good or bad?
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Awful Atheists
A recent article at Alternet.com ‘exposing’ the worst ‘stars’ of atheist. We discuss the people and the positives/negatives of these individuals. We end on a rift about how important it is to be an atheist for the right reasons…that a dogmatic atheist is no better than a fundamentalist
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Quack Medicine and your pets
We respond to listener emails about the use of Alt-Med on our loved pets. We discuss the practice, the risks and the ethical responsibly of pet owners to not endanger their pets.
Find out more:
- The SkeptVet Blog (the only reliable site listed here)
- Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue
- Petnerships
- American Council of Animal Naturopathy
- College of Animal Homeopathy
- Homeopathic Remedies & Pets
- An Explanation of Homeopathy
- Are You Over-Vaccinating Your Pets?
- Yaletown Pet Hospital: Complementary Medicine
Skeptical Highlights:
NASA’s Curiosity rover will land on Aug. 5
Keep up to date on all the exciting discoveries coming from our Martian neighbour via Curiosity rover.
Cafe Inquiry: Limits to Growth
Café Inquiry is a monthly casual discussion group run by CFI Vancouver. Come along and enjoy morning tea and stimulating discussion with fellow freethinkers on a variety of topics. Our speaker is Patrick Walden, and will discuss are there limits to growth, and will our endless drive to continually expand hit a wall? Will our civilization collapse in the 21st century? Pat Walden is a research scientist at TRIUMF Cyclotron laboratory at UBC.
Saturday August 18th at 11am at SFU Harbour centre (room tba)
