Events

Could they possibly work, and how much are we taxpayers contributing to their spread and support? First, how do we know anything? What is epistemology? Special science needed for testing [...]

Sunday 17 November 2019, 7pm. Districts Club. Antibiotic and Anthelmintic Resistance are topics of great and current interest, to scientists, doctors, vets and farmers, as well as anyone going [...]

Date: Sunday 20 October, 3pm. Place: Lake Hawea Hotel Our October discussion topic is Genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This covers any organism whose genetic material has been altered using [...]

Cold reading is a technique used widely by mentalists, psychics, astrologist, fortune-tellers, tarot readers and horoscope writers who want to convince people that they posses some sort of [...]

I’m really excited to announce that Martin Gledhill from EMF Services has agreed to talk us about safety concerning electromagnetic fields (5G and Cell towers)! (Bio below). Because this is [...]

Sunday 7 July, 7pm. Albert Town Tavern. Main Discussion Topic – Sustainable Tourism: How many is too many? Join us to objectively discuss the future for tourism in Queenstown Lakes District and [...]

Monday 27 May, 7pm. Location TBC (but will be Lake Hawea). Main Discussion Topic – Designing Responsible Artificial Intelligence There will be a short presentation at the start of this [...]

Sunday 14 April, 7 pm. Location: TBC. Main discussion topic: Should we continue using glyphosate (Roundup)? Logical fallacy: Confirmation Bias – when did you last fall victim to this [...]

Sunday 10 March 2019 Location: This is a closed meeting. Please contact us if you would like to attend. Information and conversation starters: https://www.doc.govt.nz/ – Science supports [...]

Sunday 10 February, 7pm. Lake Hawea Community Centre (Main Hall). 20% of New Zealand will be invaded by wilding conifer forests within 20 years without rapid action. Wilding conifers currently [...]