Name: The Science and Philosophy Book Club – The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
Start: 2013-08-26T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2013-08-26T21:00:00-04:00

August 2013
Film Screening and Discussion: Sons of Perdition

August 16, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Raindance Toronto 276 Carlaw Ave. Suite 222, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

In the desert of Utah hides Colorado City, the oldest polygamist compound in the United States. Here men have plural wives and raise their children by the strict code of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint religion (FLDS). After his rise to power, the prophet Warren Jeffs began a systematic effort to cleanse his flock. He banned...
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CFI Montreal@Pride

August 18, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Montreal Pride Parade Montréal, Québec, Canada

CFI-Canada has been a long-time supporter of LGBT rights, and a participant in pride parades across the nation. In Montreal, CFI has walked in Fierté Montréal parade since 2010. Our motto, “Stop faith-based bigotry,” is a reminder that most of the barriers held up against LGBT equality are religiously motivated, as highlighted by the recent battle to...
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Special event (CFI Okanagan)

August 21, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Okanagan College 1000 KLO Rd, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Dinosaur Plumage, Amber Studies & Evolution Paleontologist, Ryan McKellar, is a post doctoral fellow at the Natural History Museum and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. He is currently working in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta.He will be giving a presentation on his...
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Montreal Freethinkers Book Club

August 25, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Commensal Café 1720 Rue Saint-Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hello fellow freethinkers. This month we were going to be reading “Why People Believe Weird Things” By Michael Shermer. This book not only deals with religion but also goes into the “wonderful world of woo”, and even alien abductions. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression...
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The Science and Philosophy Book Club – The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley

August 26, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This group is dedicated to providing a friendly, free-thinking environment in which to discuss books that inspire rewarding conversation on subjects related to science and philosophy. Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity’s best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture...
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August 2013