Bruin Alliance of Skeptics and Secularists

BASS has an entry in the UCLA yearbook!

Thanks to Tristen Tristan for the photo.

At the last BASS meeting, I made a presentation called  “Quantum Mechanics for the skeptic: How to recognize quantum nonsense without being a physicist“.

Quantum Mechanics for the skeptic

Featuring appearances by: Professor Farnsworth, Professor X, the Great A’Tuin, Richard Feynman, and Deepak Chopra.

BASS Meeting room and time changed!

Meetings are now Fridays, 5-6:30 PM
Room is Kerckhoff 152

This week, Tristan presents:
“Quantum Mechanics for the skeptic: How to recognize quantum nonsense
without being a physicist”

Be there!

Meeting VII moved to Friday!
Location also changed to: Ackerman 2410
Time: 5:00-6:30 pm, May 14th

RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=120536944635362

————–

Also on Friday, “Morality and God(s): Can there be Ethics without Deities?”
A panel sponsored by the Philosophy Club, includes food and drinks

Location: Dodd Hall 147
Time: 3 – 7 pm, May 14th (Sorry about the conflict!)

Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114441725246209

BASS meeting VI
Thursday, 5-6:30 pm
Ackerman Union A201-B

Possible topics:
Catholic Church sex scandal
Can science determine values?
Life on other planets

Links to agree or disagree with:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/14/the-pope-the-church-and-skepticism/
http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_science_can_show_what_s_right.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/05/03/you-cant-derive-ought-from-is/