About us
Established in 1994, O4SR is an educational nonprofit formed to promote science and reason. We seek to develop rational thought and action through the application of scientific methods and critical thinking.
Activities
• Educate the public with outreach activities and free public lectures.
• Facilitate social contacts among scientific skeptics by hosting regular social gatherings.
• Spread critical thinking skills and a science-based worldview.
If you are still looking for intelligent life on Earth, check us out.
• Examine testable pseudoscientific and paranormal claims.
• Serve as a skeptical resource on questionable claims and science/pseudoscience for local/regional media.
• Interact with other skeptics and scientific skeptic groups globally through e-mail and website contacts.
For more information, visit our website:
oregoniansforscienceandreason.org
The geographic center for O4SR is Salem so we can capture a large region of Oregon using Meetup, which allows searches up to 100 miles away from your location...
Upcoming events
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Global Skeptics in the Pub
·OnlineOnlineThe Third Annual Global Skeptics in the Pub begins Tuesday, October 13 in New Zealand at 7PM Kiwi Time and ends 24 hours later. [UTC 0700 October 13 until UTC 0700 October 14]
[Every year, October 13 is celebrated as International Skeptics Day]
Plan to join in!- This event is a 24-hour Zoom Session. Install the Zoom app on your mobile phone and/or computer in advance to participate from anywhere.
- Download to your device from: https://zoom.us/download
- The following will be posted here on October 12:
Zoom Session URL:
Zoom Session PASSCODE: - Event coordinated by the Bay Area Skeptics
- Wikipedia: Skeptics in the Pub
- Participants [that’s you]:
- are welcome to converse in their native languare.
- may join multiple times during the 24 hours.
- are expected to conduct themselves in the spirit of civil discourse. Contentious political issues, religion bashing, and ad hominem attacks will not be condoned. [However, there is nothing contentious about excoriating the Trump Administration.]
- may join individually or as groups or both.
- are encouraged to edit their Zoom name to add their city & country [click on 3 dots at top-right of your image]
During the 24 hours, participating organizations may, if they wish, give a presentation with the goal of helping other organizations become even more successful.
List of Participating Organizations et al. (This list is frequently updated)
Association Française pour l’Information Scientifique, France
Atheist Community of San José, California, USA
Aula Cultural de Divulgación Científica de la Univ. de La Laguna, Canary Is, Spain
Australian Skeptics Inc, Sydney
Bay Area Skeptics, California, USA
Beehive Skeptics, Utah, USA
Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, England
Hong Kong Skeptics in the Pub, China
Humanist Association of Nigeria
Humanistischer Verband Österreich, Wien, Austria
Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, India
Monterey County Skeptics, California, USA
National Capital Area Skeptics, DC, USA
Oregonians for Science and Reason, Oregon, USA
Perth Skeptics, Australia
Point of Inquiry Podcast
Rational Roundtable, Central Valley, California, USA
Rocky Mountain Atheists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sheffield Skeptics in the Pub, England
SKEPP, Belgium
Skeptics in the Pub, Toronto, Canada
SkeptiLab! The Bunk Stops Here Podcast
[Sociedad Humanista México](https://Sociedad Humanista México), Playa del Carmen, México
South African Skeptical Society
Southeastern Virginia Atheists, Skeptics & Humanists, USA
The Conspiracy Skeptic Podcast
Yalansavar, Türkiye1 attendee
Past events
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