An Evening with Michael Shermer at Ohlone College

The Ohlone College Psychology Club in Fremont is hosting an evening with Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic Magazine. Dr. Shermer will be lecturing based on his book ‘Why People Believe Weird Things‘ in which he investigates the paranormal, pseudoscience, superstition and other unsubstantiated phenomena. The lecture is scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:00pm; general admission is $10.

Further Information and Tickets can be found here.

Updated 16Jan09:

From TED:

Why do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in “Stairway to Heaven”? Using video and music, skeptic Michael Shermer shows how we convince ourselves to believe — and overlook the facts.

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~ by metousiosis on January 6, 2009.

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