Cheshire

Welcome to the 112th edition of Skeptic’s circle! Since one of the biggest complaints against intellectuals seems to be that we’re all elitist bastards, we decided to throw a high class party simply out of spite. No $12 bottle of vodka here, only the finest spirits are allowed.

You’re in luck…we’ve just started, so nothing crazy has happened-yet. Let’s meet everyone, shall we?

Matt from the Skeptical Teacher is discussing LHC doomsday conspiracy theories with The Mad Skeptic who just got done discussing the shocking (not so much, actually) truth behind Champ.

Dr. Martin Rundkvist from Aardvarchaeology just got back from a fascinating lecture by Alan Sokal about the dangers the purveyors of woo pose to society.

One Brow is over by the keg demolishing ID arguments. I’m not sure how they got into the party, but I’m sure he’s in the process of escorting them out in a quick efficient manner.

Dewane Brayton from Traumatized by Truth is over on the table grandstanding about how the blogosphere contributed to the birth of a skeptic. It sounds like a great story…we’ll have to stop back over there after we’ve made our rounds.

My friend Andrea just got done telling Skeptigirl about the misconception that cocoa bark can harm pets. It’s amazing how much misinformation gets thrown around when skeptics are on the job-Skeptigirl was telling me a few minutes ago about Big Orange’s supposed conspiracy to poison us with baby carrots. Weird, right?

Well, it looks like the party’s starting to get interesting. Someone just told Greta Christina they were religious, but not spiritual. Oops. It’s almost as bad as the time when the Twitter Psychic showed up to Podblack Cat’s party.

Out on the patio, I think Happy Jihad’s House of Pancakes just outed Shakespeare as…Shakespeare. People will happily create conspiracy theories about anything, won’t they?

If we happen to run into Kay from Perhaps we Learn, we should ask her to tell us about the fear mongering surrounding soda.

Rev. Ouabache is discussing ignosticism with the entourage he picked up while he was here.

Barbara A. Drescher from ICBS Everywhere reminds us that we don’t have to be drunk to see things which aren’t there, although you’d have to be a little loopy to think that a collection of spinning circles could predict whether you’d become a serial killer.

But, hey-there are a lot of skeptics out there and this is but a breif overview of the community. Click around and mingle-everybody has something to offer.

Oh, and if you have a good time this week there’s another party next week over at The Uncredible Hallq

See you there!