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Wednesday, July 28 at 8pm
Doors open at 7:30
This month's topic:
IIG’s Investigative Work Exposes
Nursing Board’s Pseudoscience Courses
The Independent Investigations Group (IIG) investigates
fringe science, paranormal and extraordinary claims from a rational,
scientific viewpoint, and disseminates factual information about such
inquiries to the public.
Brian Hart, one of the original members of IIG and
a Steering Committee member, will show Café Inquiry attendees on Wed., July
28, how the IIG attempted to help the California Board of Registered Nurses
(CBRN) overcome weaknesses in their course approval system. The IIG members
were able to exploit these weaknesses and create a pseudoscience courseware
that was approved by the board. But in the end, the CBRN considered the IIG
its sworn enemy, and continues to allow the teaching of unscientific nursing
classes. The entire board was eventually fired by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger for other reasons, but the IIG will continue its battle for
quality nursing education.
Brian has been the owner and president of the WPI
computer networking consulting agency since 1985 and has worked as a sound
recording engineer. A long-time investigator of paranormal claims, Brian
presented a talk earlier this month at James Randi’s TAM conference in Las
Vegas about the IIG investigation of the nursing board’s practices
Cafe Inquiry is our monthly
casual get-together where you can have a coffee and chat with other people
on various topics of science. A guest speaker opens the discussion with a
brief intro to the subject and then the floor is open. All are welcome!
Cafe Inquiry is a
Science Cafe!
Interested in being a speaker, or have
one to recommend? Please contact us at (323) 666-9797, or email info[at]cfiwest.org.
Free admission • Free Starbucks Coffee • Free
pizza • Plenty of parking • Bookstore open
Donations to keep this program running are much appreciated.
Held in the Steve
Allen Theater lobby
at CFI- L.A.
The Center for Inquiry-Los
Angeles
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027
2 blocks west of
Vermont
at Berendo
map
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