What we’re about
Welcome to the Dunedin Skeptics in the Pub meetup group. This group is part of a larger, socially orientated group of skeptics. Details at http://skepticsinthepub.net.nz/
"A skeptic is one who prefers beliefs and conclusions that are reliable and valid to ones that are comforting or convenient, and therefore rigorously and openly applies the methods of science and reason to all empirical claims, especially their own. A skeptic provisionally proportions acceptance of any claim to valid logic and a fair and thorough assessment of available evidence, and studies the pitfalls of human reason and the mechanisms of deception so as to avoid being deceived by others or themselves. Skepticism values method over any particular conclusion." - Dr. Steven Novella of The New England Skeptics and The Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast.
We hate to have to say it but we're the traditional sort of skeptics, trying to be a voice in the wilderness on behalf of truth and the scientific method, if you're coming to us hoping for a friendly ear on behalf of some internet conspiracy theory: anti-vaccines, q, 5g, covid-19, flat earth or what have you, (waves hand) "we are not the skeptics you are looking for" we will call you on your bullshit.
