Fwd: Lectures?

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From: <SkeptInq@aol.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Lectures?
To: barriticus@gmail.com
Cc: SkeptInq@aol.com

Hi Barrett,

No, I am open to most any topic within the area of science, pseudoscience, paranormal - you know Skeptical Inquirer type skepticism. Not so much anti-religion themes - unless they touch on miracle claims, faith-healing, creation vs. evolution, etc.

Best.

Barry

In a message dated 2/4/2010 1:55:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, barriticus@gmail.com writes:

Hi, Barry-

Incidentally, is there a particular subject you're not interested in having covered, having already addressed it quite a bit over the past couple of years?

I was thinking of perhaps starting off with an essay on the manner in which the rise of the internet may perhaps have an effect on the critical thinking and general knowledge of some portion of those who grew up with it/will grow up with it that is similarly beneficial to the effect that appears to have been had on the classical Greeks upon the rise of literacy; for instance, do such new conventions as hyperlinks provide a marked advantage in determining the truth of a matter? The piece would also draw on any studies in existence which might provide data on this, aside from some observations and hypotheses I've made in the course of my own recent work on the subject. Let me know if this idea interests you.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302