Café Inquiry – Media Reporting on Health and Science- In Person!!

This event is held in person at 1005 Giddings Ave S.E., Grand Rapids. DON’T FORGET – Set your clocks ahead 1 hour the night before the meeting! We’re back on Daylight Saving Time! 

Many of us learn about advances in science and health care from general media sources. That information is often accurate and helpful. But too often, media reporting of scientific topics (even stories from “reliable” sources) can be inaccurate or misleading. Join us at the next Café Inquiry as we  discuss why science reporting is so fraught with problems and explore tools and techniques we can use to evaluate the veracity and relevance of what we read. This brief article from UC Berkeley suggests some ways to evaluate articles about scientific topics. This tutorial teaches you how to evaluate the health information you find on the Internet. This chapter from the guidebook for the Wondrium course, The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine and the Media, provides a deeper look into the topic. Or if you have a Wondrium account, the whole course is excellent! See you Sunday at 11 AM EDT!

Café Inquiry starts with a short introduction of the day’s topic, followed by casual discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated, but not expected.

Attendees are able to future propose topics which would align with Michigan Humanist’s purpose: from atheism, agnosticism, humanism, secularism, and freethinking to broader subjects in science and humanities, such as religion, philosophy, social issues, politics, evolution, morality, ethics, and psychology.

Café Inquiry (Grand Rapids) meets each month in person on the second Sunday and online on the fourth Sunday.

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Michigan Humanists values the participation of all guests — requests for reasonable accommodation may be made by contacting the event host at least three days prior to the event.

Michigan Humanists expects all guests to engage in respectful discussion. Critiques on views and claims based on merit are allowed, but not attacks on individuals who hold other perspectives.

Any person engaging in disruptive behavior or harassment will be asked to leave, and may be banned from future events pending the severity of the action. Please speak to the event host or contact info@michiganhumanists.org if you feel these expectations are being violated.