I attended Skepticon IV last weekend, and it was very much worth the drive and time change. There were several very good talks. Hemant Mehta spoke regarding math education, PZ Myers gave a run down on what junk DNA does, and Richard Carrier spoke about Bayes's theorem and how it can effectively be used as a mathematical formulation of Sagan's famous quote "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". The very best talk, though, was that of JT Eberhard. He spoke about mental illness. A few of the videos of the talks are up on YouTube, and I'm going to link to JT's talk, because I think it's one that needs to be heard. You can see the other videos (as well as those from previous Skepticons) by going to the channel that uploaded this video.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UI-YvrHZVvk

Edited November 25, 201114 yr by ydoaPs

I couldn't go, but I have to make sure I can go to The Amazing Meeting this year. Damnit, I have to! I'm in skeptic-withdrawal!

 

 

Glad to see you had fun, ydoaPs