On My Way To TAM8 – The Amazing Meeting
Posted in TAM on July 8th, 2010 by Phil – Comments OffRight now I am in the Kansas City airport. Flight leaves at 7:00 AM. Plan to arrive in Vegas around 8:05 (Vegas time). It’s time for TAM8. It is the annual conference put on by the JREF – James Randi Educational Foundation. Last I heard there are over 1,100 people signed up to go.
check out this speaker list….
The God Delusion’s Richard Dawkins (Keynote event)
JREF Founder James Randi
Bad Astronomer Phil Plait
Doubt’s Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show Head Writer David Javerbaum
Skeptic Society’s Michael Shermer
Center for Inquiry Founder Paul Kurtz Mythbuster Adam Savage
Skeptical Inquirer Editor Ken Frazier
Social Scientist and Author Carol Tavris
JREF President D.J. Grothe
Trick or Treatment’s Simon Singh
Steve, Jay, Bob, Rebecca and Evan: The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Renowned Geologist Donald Prother
That is just a sample…
On Friday the perfect wife and I will have a lunch with James Randi and Richard Dawkins. I’ll try to take lots of pictures and do some posts over the weekend – If I have time.




