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Skeptics in the Pub is an informal social event designed to promote fellowship and social networking among skeptics, critical-thinkers, and other like-minded individuals. It provides an opportunity for skeptics and rationalists to talk, share ideas in a casual atmosphere, and discuss whatever topical issues come to mind. It allows participants to have fun while promoting skepticism, science, and rationality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=''Meet the Skeptics'' Podcast )〕 The usual format of meetings includes an invited speaker who gives a talk on a specific topic, followed by a question-and-answer session. Other meet-ups are informal socials, with no fixed agenda. The groups usually meet once a month at a public venue, most often a local pub. There are now more than 100 different "SitP" groups running around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Skeptics in the Pub - Google Maps )〕 ==History== The group's earliest and longest-running event is the award-winning London meeting, established by Scott Campbell in 1999.〔 This group claims to be the "World's largest regular pub meeting," with two to four hundred people in attendance at each meeting.〔 Scott Campbell based the idea around ''Philosophy in the Pub'' and ''Science in the Pub'', two groups which had been running in Australia for some time. The inaugural speaker was Wendy M. Grossman, the editor and founder of ''The Skeptic'' magazine, in February 1999. Campbell ran the London group for three years while there on a teaching sabbatical, and was succeeded after his return to Australia by two sci-fi fans and skeptics, Robert Newman and Marc LaChappelle. Nick Pullar, who made a television appearance as "Convener of Skeptics in the Pub" on the BBC spoof show ''Shirley Ghostman'', then led the group from 2003 to 2008. The London group is now organised and chaired by Sid Rodrigues, who has co-organised events in several other cities around the world. This group has conducted experiments on the paranormal as part of James Randi's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge and co-organised ''An Evening with James Randi & Friends''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Preview Of The Amazing Meeting with James Randi on iTricks )〕 The ease of use of the internet, via social networking sites and content management systems, has led to more than 100 active satellite chapters around the world, including more than 30 in the US and more than 40 in the UK.〔〔 ''Skeptics in the Pub'' would later serve as the template for other skeptical, rationalist, and atheist meet-ups around the globe, including The James Randi Educational Foundation's "The Amazing Meeting", Drinking Skeptically, The Brights, and the British Humanist Association social gatherings. Since 2010 Edinburgh Skeptics in the Pub has extended the Skeptics in the Pub concept over the whole Edinburgh International Festival Fringe, under the banner ''Skeptics on the Fringe'' and from 2012 done the same at the Edinburgh International Science Festival with the title ''At The Fringe of Reason''. The Merseyside Skeptics Society and Greater Manchester Skeptics (forming North West Skeptical Events Ltd) hosted three two-day conferences, QED, in February 2011, March 2012 and April 2013. Glasgow Skeptics has also hosted two one-day conferences, as of July 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skeptics in the Pub」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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