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Ancient scientists: Who were they? What did they accomplish? What did people think of them? How did they advance the sciences? And what does this tell us about how pagans and Christians differed in their scientific values?
Come out and do some good for your community on a Sunday morning! This is CFI Calgary’s 5th year participating in Calgary’s Pathway and River Cleanup Day.
Date:Feb 4, 2017 @ 2:30pm (2hrs) Location: Mount Royal University, Moot Court (EA 1031) Unfriending the Future: Motivated Empathy in Science and Political Advocacy by Michael Kruse, Executive Director for “Bad Science Watch” “When we are faced with the irrational and conspiratorial claims of the alternative medicine community the science minded community often responds with…
Date: Thursday, October 20th from 7:30-9:00pm Location: Mount Royal University, Room EA 1024 (Faculty of Arts) The facts and fiction of food production in an information-rich world. A skeptic’s guide to the hype around the science of agriculture and food. What does “organic” mean? Are GM foods “dangerous”? What are the facts of agriculture and…
Read More “CFI Calgary – Faith on the Plate 2.0 – Dr. Camille D. Ryan” »
Date: Thursday, September 29th, 2016 Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Location: Mount Royal University, Room EA 1004 (Faculty of the Arts) (see map below) Cost: free for CFI and MRU Secular Humanists members (with card) and $10 for the general public View this event on Meetup. Gary Bauslaugh is the author of three books related to assisted…
Read More “A Talk by Gary Bauslaugh – Assisted Death in Canada – What Went Wrong” »
