WE'RE BACK!
October 2025 lilbrary presentations return for another season of lively multi-media presentatioins on "ghost hunting" with from a skeptical viewpoint, including high-tech pseudoscience, skeptical inquiry, critical and thinking pitfalls like cognitive biases. Free admission and open to the pubic. Note: Portions of this presentation may not be suitable for very young audiences.
When and where?
Oct. 21, 6-8pm
Kensington Branch Library
4121 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116
Oct. 28, 5:30-7:30pm
Paradise Hills Branch Library
5922 Rancho Hills Dr, San Diego, CA 92139
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Evidence: Loosely and inaccurately used to to refer to the unexamined readings, audio, and video obtained from an investigative activity, the term "evidence" has come under criticism for encouraging expectation bias, an a prior assumption that source data is inherently evidentiary, and that, consequently, anything parsed from it is "proof positive." Conscientious paranormal investigators prefer to use general, less biased language such as "data" or "media." When something not yet explainable is identified in the data or media, it should instead be referred to as an "event of interest," or a "finding."
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Glossary of Paranormal TermsThe technical side to paranormal investigating can be confusing, and different philosophies about the paranormal can lead to radically different approaches in the field.... Read more ... |
