{"id":2184,"date":"2014-07-24T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T16:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2014-07-26T14:34:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T18:34:43","slug":"skepticamp-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2184","title":{"rendered":"Skepticamp 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of this years venues for Skepticamp 2014 will be in Tampa\u00c2\u00a0FL\u00c2\u00a0and takes place on Sunday September 14th from 12.30 pm-5.00pm. Skepticamp is presented by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Coalition for Reason. The lectures and panel discussions will cover\u00c2\u00a0a wide array of scientific\u00c2\u00a0topics,including climate change, inoculations and\u00c2\u00a0national education. Yours truly will be heading a panel\u00c2\u00a0discussion on &#8220;Americans and the question of Evolution&#8221;. You can sign up on line at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Abpht0\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Abpht0<\/a>, but seating is limited so if you want to attend I would suggest you don&#8217;t wait too long.<\/p>\n<p>[Edited to add: Jonathan was kind enough to coordinate with the event organizers and include me (Brandon) in the list of presenters. Thanks, Jonathan. See y&#8217;all there!]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of this years venues for Skepticamp 2014 will be in Tampa\u00c2\u00a0FL\u00c2\u00a0and takes place on Sunday September 14th from 12.30 pm-5.00pm. Skepticamp is presented by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Coalition for Reason. The lectures and panel discussions will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-ze","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2225,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2225","url_meta":{"origin":2184,"position":0},"title":"Skepticamp 2014","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Citizens for Science president Jonathan Smith and I enjoyed talking with the very lively and engaged crowd at Skepticamp 2014 in Tampa today. 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