What do Penn and Teller, The Mythbusters, and Hermione Granger all have in common? They are all skeptics! Meet with people who like to examine commonly held ideas and beliefs with a scientific eye willing to accept an extraordinary claim only with extraordinary evidence. Let's put on our critical thinking caps and learn about and discuss things such as the new age claims du jour, conspiracy theories, quackery, consumer fraud, faith healers, and intelligent design. This could be an opportunity to …

There are plenty of meetup groups in this area that plan thoughtful and interesting events designed to promote discussion and thought. It is not the goal of this group to compete with those groups. This group was originally started to bring together Atheists with serious drinking habits. After the first two meetups it was decided that we should be more inclusive and not so strictly anti-theistic. What we're really trying to do here is assemble a group of people who like to get inappropriately d …