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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2013 · 1H 27M

#004 - Amazing Thoughts

from The Skeptopus Podcast · host San Diego Skeptics

Captain Storm and Dangerous Dan attend the Amazing Meeting conference in Las Vegas and discuss at least 10 different topics and 100 fascinating ideas. We take a few minutes to discuss each speaker we saw at the conference and some of the things we thought were especially interesting. You'll love this episode just because there are so many different interesting things to pursue more information about. Topics Include: Martial Arts Science Morality Doubtful News SexCon Men Religion -vs- Science and much much more!! Sources Michael Shermer & the Ask First principal The ask first principal is outlined in Michael Shermer's book, The Science of Good and Evilhttp://shop.skeptic.com/merchant.mvc?&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SS&Product_Code=b090PB He also expands on these principals in a blog post reply to Massimo Piliuccihttp://www.michaelshermer.com/tag/morality/ Get started with rbutr herehttp://rbutr.com/ Doubtful news - Sharon hillhttp://doubtfulnews.com/ Martey Klein - junk science moral panics and sex (slide deck) http://www.martyklein.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/TAM-slides.pdf Hiyaa podcasthttp://www.hiyaapodcast.com/ Warrior Rituals failhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i5hCczfGYv0#t=259 Scientific followuphttp://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2007/10/01/martial-idiocy/ The science of martial artshttp://fightnomics.com/ Magician telling the truth - max mavenhttp://www.maxmaven.com/ Cara Maria's postshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/cara-santa-maria/ The honest liar - Jamie Ian Swisshttp://honestliar.com/ Studies on human morality behaviorhttp://danariely.com/ Eventually all the TAM videos will be available herehttp://www.amazingmeeting.com/videos/

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