Fort Collins Skepticamp 2016

 General Info 

2016 Skepticamp will be held Saturday, January 23.

The d oors open at 12:30, and talks begin at 1 pm. Mulligan's has good food, and attendees eat and drink throughout the day. Your alimentary and gustatory needs will be catered to, and libations shall be administered to your gullet. We meet at our regular Saturday evening meeting place, which is at  Mulligan's Pub  ( in the original back room on the south side of Mulligan's ).

The 'Camp usually lasts until about 6:30 pm or so, and then we have an after party, sometimes playing board or card games! Invite your friends.

 RSVP or Sign-up to Present by Editing this Wiki 

In the upper left is a blue link with the label "Edit" and a drop down menu. If you want to RSVP or to volunteer to do a presentation to Skepticamp, you can click edit and add your name to the list at the bottom of this wiki page.

ALL SPEAKER SPOTS ARE FILLED. A good Skepticamp talk encourages discussion, which means a good 'Camp needs comments, questions and, often, a fair bit of humor slathered on. There isn't a list of assigned topics, and there are very loose guidelines. After all, we consider ourselves free thinkers, right? You might think the topics should somehow be at least bound by some relation to skepticism as a philosophy, or world view. You might... you might just think something like that, but I'm not so sure.

We will be running a pretty tight schedule, since bagpipes start at 7 pm (Happy Birthday Robert Burns!) Each presentation has extra time allowed for discussion, questions and comments, plus breaks and an after party for all the socializing and carrying on of said DQC. We know how we are.

 Schedule 

12:30 Setup and Welcome

1:00 Larry Sarner (Sam Harris: Atheism's Mystic)

1:40 Caleb Hendrich (Stupid, Sexy Politics: Or What's Really Wrong With American Politics)

2:20 Vicky Weber (Faith in Office: JFK and Romney Face Off)

2:40 BREAK

3:10 Dave Ritchie (One of Us: Recruiting Tactics for Multi-Level Marketing and Cults)

3:30 Linda Rosa (Colorado's "Direct Entry Midwives": Early Introduction to Pseudoscience)

4:10 BREAK

4:40 Doug Cloud "Why Do Some Atheists Sound Angry?: A Rhetorical Perspective" --I'll be presenting my research in progress on this very topic (currently under review at a peer-refereed journal!)

5:10 Tim O'Shea - Part 1: "Skeptical Humor: The Wild, Wacky World of Woo." Part 2: "Skeptics Unite! The War on Science in Colorado, and What We Can Do About It."

''' RSVP to Come ! '''

To RSVP, click the blue "Edit" button up above, and on the edit page, please put the next number at the bottom of this list with your name. There are 30 seats available. Dave Ritchie would like to reserve a presenter's slot for the 2017 Skepticamp. Thank you.
 * 1) Jamie Folsom
 * 2) Brian Cottle
 * 3) Caleb Hendrich (Stupid, Sexy Politics: Or What's Really Wrong With American Politics, 30 minutes)
 * 4) Denay Peake
 * 5) Hans Masanetz
 * 6) Linda Rosa (Colorado's "Direct Entry Midwives": Early Introduction to Pseudoscience, 30 minutes)
 * 7) Larry Sarner (Sam Harris: Atheism's Mystic, 30 mins)
 * 8) Lalie Hoaglund
 * 9) Robert Brooks
 * 10) Tim O'Shea (Part 1: "Skeptical Humor: The Wild, Wacky World of Woo." Part 2: "Skeptics Unite! The War on Science in Colorado, and What We Can Do About It." 30 minutes)
 * 11) Doug Cloud "Why Do Some Atheists Sound Angry?: A Rhetorical Perspective" --I'll be presenting my research in progress on this very topic (currently under review at a peer-refereed journal!)
 * 12) Lief Youngs
 * 13) Dave Ritchie (One of Us: Recruiting Tactics for Multi-Level Marketing and Cults 15 minutes)
 * 14) John Wells
 * 15) Stina Pontius
 * 16) Brian Grossman
 * 17) Chris Davis
 * 18) Edie Parker
 * 19) Vicky Weber (some work of secular rhetorical criticism)
 * 20) Joey Teixeira
 * 21) Nigel Lilyblade
 * 22) Brittiany Hoagland
 * 23) Dave Tuttle
 * 24) Brenda Tuttle
 * 25) Dianne Heath
 * 26) Al Heath
 * 27) Bobby Jackson
 * 28) Aaron Todd
 * 29) wendell bradley
 * 30) Katie-Leigh Corder
 * 31) Mark Corder
 * 32) Jeff Spencer (If possible—I realize this is over-capacity).
 * 33) Irene Checa-Garcia (willing to be standing up if it is up to code ;-) mostly interested in 3:30 and 5:20 if the earlier spots are not possible or later spots are not as filled, it all sounds very fun though!)
 * 34) Chelle Costello- if possible!
 * 35) Amanda Price --(should have signed up earlier lol driving from cheyenne mandykpo@yahoo.com please let me know if I can even stand or something :) like Irene)
 * 36) Lusia Levy - this sounds like such a great idea.