Skeptic's Toolbox 2011 Curriculum

Monday, August 01

12:00 — 12:00
Downloadable Readings

Readings for Skeptic's Toolbox 2011 are now available! We recommend that everyone read the readings in Set A (.zip, 42MB) and Set B (.zip, 11MB). For anyone interested in further reading, Set C (.zip, 34MB) is available as well. (If you happen to experience any difficulties opening the .zip files, please try installing and using the free application 7-Zip.)

Thursday, August 11

2:00 — 5:00
Registration

Registration and "Meet and Greet" at Living Learning Center Performance Hall

7:00 — 10:00
Jokes with Unintended Consequences (Keynote Address)

How Some Innocent Jokes Provide a Platform for Blunders

Friday, August 12

9:00 — 10:15
Smart People Go Wrong

How Smart People Go Wrong: Do They Need a Good Kick in Their Axioms?

10:45 — 12:00
A Taxonomy of Human Errors

Teams will assemble and begin assignment “A Taxonomy of Human Errors”

2:00 — 3:15
Why Smart Doctors Go Wrong

Download the presentation (.ppt) »

3:45 — 5:00
Team Assignments
7:00 — 10:00
How Smart People Go Wrong

Saturday, August 13

9:00 — 10:15
How Journalists Contribute to
 Irrational Thinking
10:45 — 12:00
Team Assignments
2:00 — 3:15
Discoverie of Witchcraft

A Reinterpretation of Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft

3:45 — 5:00
Team Assignments
7:00 — 10:00
In The Trenches

Dinner in Moore Dining Room, "In the Trenches" Award, Magic Show

Sunday, August 14

9:30 — 11:30
A Taxonomy of Human Thinking Errors