It has just been announced that you can now register for Skepticon 8. You may do so. Only…the announcement includes an ominous warning:
We know that Skepticon 8 is 6 months away, but we can hardly stand it! We want to see you all again! In the coming weeks we’re going to start announcing speakers and this year, for the first time EVER, there will be NO REPEATS!
YOU HEAR ME? NO REPEAT SPEAKERS!
Get excited! I know we are!
Wait a minute…I was an invited speaker at Skepticon 1, an invited speaker at Skepticon 2, an invited speaker at Skepticon 3, an invited speaker at Skepticon 4, an invited speaker at Skepticon 5, an invited speaker at Skepticon 6, and an invited speaker at Skepticon 7. Does that mean I will not be an invited speaker at Skepticon 8? How can that be? I am shocked. They finally got tired of me.
Well, I’m going to show them. I’m going anyway. This just means that I get to hang out with cool people and listen to groovy talks with absolutely no responsibilities of my own. Hah! I win!
And now I’m really curious about all the new people I’ll see on the stage…
Let us know how the diversity of speakers is. Hope there are a lot of new, but exciting, faces one stage, that look dissimilar.
From the “About” page on the web site:
But how/where will you report on your findings?
Maybe they aim to make sure I don’t plague their con anymore by putting me in a rocket and launching me out to do a survey of the whole universe?
Ooh, I’ll do it! Just give me an unlimited supply of Corn Nuts and an Atari 7800!
Nerd of Redhead @1, so far, they’ve announced Fallon Fox and Sikivu as speakers. I’m intrigued.
PZ, you can still propose a workshop if you miss having a room full of people staring at you.
Stephanie, #5
Fallon Fox as in the MMA fighter? That’s pretty cool.
Could this perhaps mean that speakers will not be engaged in more than one presentation throughout this particular event? Or does it truly mean that no prior speakers from any of the previous seven events will be invited to speak?
I don’t miss that at all.
To be fair, you told us it would be okay not to invite you soooooo you really brought this upon yourself! And yes, we totally got tired of you, haha.
I’m kidding, you’re wonderful and this year we decided to do something unprecedented and go with an all new lineup. Change is good but scary! I’m glad you’re coming anyways in case we need an emergency biology lesson. You just never know about these things.
Yes, it’s fair, I didn’t want to become the Bush family of Skepticon.
I’m hearing about a few of your new speakers, and I think it’s a good change, and am looking forward to it. Hey, if you need a sciencey person who hasn’t been invited before, look up Jennifer Raff! I can give you a long list if you need it.
PZ:
Jinkies! I suspect misandry.
The sycophantic wankers:
Quote mined bet prop : Over / Under in 24 hours?
@ Donnie # 12
Fixed it for them. Although spell correct will substitute decisiveness if you let it.
@13Lyn M: G.R.O.S.T. (ADM) — Membership pending
Thank you! I must have been “raging commenting” and missed the autocorrect. At least I am in a community with you, and like minded people, who can easily call me out on my faux-pauxs and correct without the assholishness. :)
Faux-pas.