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Cork Skeptics is a group dedicated to promoting skepticism, science, and rational thinking in Cork City, Ireland and beyond.

Our aim is to encourage a rational and inquisitive attitude towards all manner of topics, from the paranormal to alternative medicine, while connecting and interacting with the burgeoning national and international skeptical movement.

On the third Friday of each month, we host a talk at Blackrock Castle Observatory. These meetings, which we have dubbed Skeptics In The Castle, usually feature a talk or presentation from an invited guest speaker on a particular topic relevant to skepticism, followed by question time, and drinks at the adjoining bar.

The talks are informal, aimed at a general audience, and—we hope—as interesting as possible. It is free to attend, and we welcome anyone curious in finding out more to come along and see what skepticism is all about.

You can also keep up to date with us by following us on Twitter or finding us on Facebook.

13 Responses to “Info”

  1. Friday night was great! Many congratulations to all involved.

    Its great to have such a resource available locally.

  2. How do I join?

  3. @Colin Thanks for the feedback, good to know you enjoyed it! And if you have any suggestions or recommendations for future events, be sure to send them on :)

    @William There’s no ‘joining’, per se—everyone is welcome to come along to the talks or pub events, and follow along on Twitter, Facebook or by subscribing to this site (which you have done, I believe). If you’re interested in contributing to the blog itself, get in touch: corkskeptics @ gmail .com

  4. I am a member of the Irish Skeptics based in Dublin. I asked them to set up a Cork branch a couple of years ago and they wouldn’t. I think membership with a small yearly sub, €20, is a good idea. People then “belong” and it raises money for adds, posters, stamps etc. Then we can organise “die in’s” outside Boots …….. :)

  5. Delighted to see that there is now a sceptics group in Cork.

    A question for anyone who might care to reply: How do you convince non-sceptics to become rational thinkers? I’m not sure it’s possible. People seem to need the comfort blanket of belief.

    • Thanks Hypa, hope to see you at our next meeting on the 18th, if you’re in the neighbourhood!

      Personally, I don’t think you can “convince” anyone to become a rational thinker, at least in the sense of strong-arming them into your way of thinking. But by engaging in non-confrontational discussion, on a topic that is relevant to that particular person, with hopefully a bit of lighthearted humour thrown in, I think it’s possible to get people thinking about what it is they believe and why they believe it. And eventually, they just might realize that, though comforting, those beliefs are actually baseless.

  6. Hey guys and gals – I wonder would it be possible to get an email for someone in charge of the group? Have a query -thanks!

  7. Hi i was at the talk in Blackrock castle about the health industry and there was a clip shown on the placebo effect and i was wondering if i could get the link to it.
    I really enjoyed the talk, i would be great if i could get on a mailing list. :)

    Thanks Kindly

    Emma

  8. I so wanna be on the newsletter.
    What’s a girl gotta do to get some service around here?

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