Saturday September 18th 2010 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP to sse@seattleskeptics.org with meal choice and the number in your party.
A mandatory 18% Gratuity and tax will be added to your final bill.
PLEASE, YOU MUST RSVP BY September 8th
RSVP TO THIS EMAIL sse@seattleskeptics.org
Speaker: Harriet Hall, The SkepDoc
     
Topic: How to Find Reliable Health Information on the Internet
•          Why is there unreliable health information on the Internet in the first place?
•          How do people come to think bogus therapies work?
•          Logical fallacies, poor thinking skills.
•          What constitutes good science?
•          How to recognize pseudoscience.
•          When can you trust an “expert”?
The other talks in the workshop covered miss-use of language and specific guidance as to which websites to trust or avoid. She will summarize some of what they said.
 
Harriet Hall, MD
The SkepDoc

Speaker
       Dr. Hall is a retired family physician and a retired Air Force colonel. She writes about medicine, so-called complementary and alternative medicine, science, quackery, and critical thinking for Skeptic magazine, Skeptical Inquirer, the Science-Based Medicine blog, the Quackwatch website, and O, the Oprah magazine. She is on the faculty of the Skeptic’s Toolbox and was recently named a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. She will be repeating the presentation she gave at the Science-Based Medicine workshop at The Amaz!ng Meeting 8 (TAM 8) in Las Vegas in July.

Please RSVP with your Dinner Choice and the Number in Your Party

1.
Grilled King Salmon on Artichoke-Pesto Ravioli with Smoked Salmon Sauce. $19.00
2.
Old Fashioned Pot Roast with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Braised Vegetables. $14.50
3.
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad. $13.50
4.
Dijon-Herb Crusted Chicken with Homey Butter on Gratin Potatoes. $17.00
5.
Fish and  Chips served with Coleslaw and Tarter $14.00
 
Beer, Wine and other beverages are extra.
 
DIRECTIONS
 
From the North on I-5
Take exit #137/FIFE/MILTON (WA-99 N)
Turn Right on 54TH AVE E
Turn Left on PACIFIC HWY E
Arrive at 5303 PACIFIC HWY E, TACOMA, on the Right
 
From the South on I-5
Take exit #137/FIFE/MILTON (WA-99 N) toward 54 AVE. E. SOUTH
Make a Sharp Left Turn on 54TH AVE E
Turn Left on PACIFIC HWY E
Arrive at 5303 PACIFIC HWY E, TACOMA, on the Right
 
 
 
Other Websites To Visit
The Seattle Skeptics Meetup Group
http://www.skepdoc.info/
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/