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December 7th, 2024 |
There is still some room on the schedule to add some last minute presentations, for this year's event!
Rob Palmer
SkeptiCamp NYC Profile
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Rob Palmer is a retired aerospace engineer turned skeptical and atheist activist. Beginning in 2018, almost 100 of his articles have been published by Skeptical Inquirer, AIPT Science, and other skeptical and humanist media. Rob writes about contemporary skeptical issues and has interviewed many individuals for his Skeptical Inquirer column, The Well-Known Skeptic, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Richard Dawkins, Penn & Teller, John de Lancie, and even Russ Dobler. He also contributes occasional interviews to The Skeptic Zone podcast. Rob has given presentations on a variety of skeptical topics for various groups and conventions, including Dragon Con 2021, various SkeptiCamps, and four times at CSICon Las Vegas. He has been interviewed about his work on various podcasts and YouTube shows, including The Skeptic Zone, Big Picture Science, Point of Inquiry, The Thinking Atheist, and by RecoveringfromReligion.org, for which he serves as a helpline agent and the co-host of their weekly livestreamed show. |
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New Jersey |
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| Proposed Session Title: |
The UFO Presentation THEY Don’t Want You to Attend |
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| Session Description: |
Most of the public believes that aliens are visiting Earth in their UFOs, and many believe their government is suppressing this (for reasons). Although most scientists & skeptics dispute this, due to the prodigious number of exoplanets now known to exist, most of them routinely state with confidence that extraterrestrial civilizations are very likely and perhaps even abundant in the Milky Way, and "first contact" is only a matter of time. This presentation will explore whether this ubiquitous optimism is warranted.
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| Previous SkeptiCamp NYC Events: |
2021, 2020, 2018 |