- Date – October 11th 2011
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Skeptic History Notes
- The Archeoraptor scandal began with a press conference on October 15, 1999.
- The Cardiff Giant was uncovered on October 16, 1869. An artist in Syracuse, NY has created a replica that will be unearthed this weekend on the 142nd birthday of the hoax.
- Harold Camping predicted the world will end a week from Friday on October 21, 2011. Camping shared the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize for Mathematics this year for his predictions.
- A previous noted religious prediction of armageddon became known as the Great Disappointment on October 22, 1844. Failed predictions like this directly led to the theory of cognitive dissonance.
- Robert Gimlin was born October 18, 1931.
- The Patterson-Gimlin film of an alleged sasquatch was shot on October 20, 1967. For more on it, see our sister podcast MonsterTalk.
- You can read daily Skeptic History facts on Twitter or Facebook or download the new (and free) JREF iPhone app.
Interview
- Jen Hancock is a well known Humanist from Florida.
- "Jen Hancock's Handy Humanism Handbook
- You can get her information and more for free by joining her mailing list.
- Many famous people are or were Humanists.
- The entire would was in the Dark Ages together.
- Human ethics are Human ethics.
- You can read the Global Ethics Survey.
- As Jen says in her book, we are NOT Satanists.
- Come to the big Humanist weekend at Disneyworld (October 15th, 2011)!
- Using Humanism to help others pays off in the end for all rational people.
- See the information which Jen is involved with at her personal website.