Welcome one and all to the Plymouth SITP home page.
When?
Wednesday, May 30 2012 at 6:30PM
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Where?
The Bank
Old George St, Plymouth, PL1 2TG
Who?
n/a
What's the talk about?
Come and join us for the first Plymouth SITP social of the year!
Lively conversation in a relaxed atmosphere right in the centre of town!
Please note the venue has been changed!
When?
Tuesday, June 19 2012 at 7:00PM
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Where?
B-Bar
Barbican Theatre,
Castle Street,
Plymouth
PL1 2NJ
Who?
Andy Lewis
What's the talk about?
Andy Lewis will be talking about local quackery, here's the blurb from a recent talk given at Bath SITP which should give a good idea of what to expect.
'You might argue that the wealth of the City of Bath has been derived from the claims of the healing effects of its waters. A City built on Quackery. In the 18th Century, Bath's prosperity grew as visitors flocked to take the waters. But it was not just the waters that were on offer and many other hucksters, charlatans and opportunists came here to offer their healing wares.
Few of those therapies still exist - most are long forgotten. Why do some unorthodox healing practices thrive and others fade away? What makes a successful quackery? Should the good citiziens of Bath want to invent a new successful form of alternative medicine, how should they go about it?'
Andy Lewis is the force behind
The Quackometer and it's accompanying blog examining the claims made by all manner of quacks. He has blogged extensively on
Burzynski and many other areas of psudoscience and quackery including the recent Totnes Cancer Clinic hoohaa!
When?
Tuesday, July 17 2012 at 6:30PM
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Where?
B-Bar
Barbican Theatre,
Castle Street,
Plymouth
PL1 2NJ
Who?
Leigh Jackson
What's the talk about?
Leigh will be looking at the public perception of genetic science and how we can learn from mistakes such as the GM Food Outcry and antivax movement.
He will discuss how public misconception can be harmful and difficult to change when it come to any association with genetic modification and how often the known benefits vastly outweigh the potential risks.
Leigh Jackson did a PhD investigating adult human stem cells, converting bone marrow to brain cells to help with neurodegenerative disease such as Alzhimer's
He is currently working on research investigating the management of incidental findings (unexpected results from gene testing) and whether patients are or should be informed about them.