Today we're inundated with junk science from infomercials, politicians, television and radio shows. Remember when you loved science and you knew what it was? Or maybe science has left you in the dust since you finished school. Whatever the case may be, please join us and renew your relationship with science. This group is dedicated to the principals of the Science Cafe movement. Its purpose is to expose everyone to interesting new science, to get those burning questions answered, and to bring …

The Center for Inquiry is a transnational organziation whose purpose is to promote and defend reason, science, and freedom of inquiry in all areas of human endeavor. It encourages evidence-based inquiry into science, pseudoscience, medicine and health, religion, ethics, secularism, and society. The San Francisco Center for Inquiry engages the local community in support of those aims by sponsoring events and providing outreach. Our website is http://centerforinquiry.net/sf Events that may be of i …

… We are very fortunate that we have modern science to explain what is really going on in nature. We are also lucky to be able access the ancient wisdom of meditation lineages such as Veda, Buddhism, and others. What these ancient wisdoms and science are telling us is very different than our very limited senses can tell us.  As we grow we start doing what is called Premature Cognitive Commitments. As Deepak Chopra says, "Our Nervous System has only one function and that is to reinforce our initial …