- Friday the 10th of May -

(12pm) 

Let's discuss this!

- Friday the 10th of May -

(8pm) 

- Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement in review -

Recently, a court has overturned the decision to convict Harvey Weinstein of rape. This was one of the major steps that originally led to the #MeToo movement back in 2017. 

However, a court has said that the original trial was improper and bias, in allowing some women to testify for allegations that Weinstein wasn't being charged with. This, according to the court, led to the defendant (Weinstein) being improperly represented during the trial.

Of course, Weinstein is still convicted of a litany of other offenses, so he won't be getting out of prison any time soon.

However, this brings the #MeToo movement back into the spotlight. What has happened since the original movement? Has anything changed or improved? Was Weinstein a public sacrifice so that many others could get away with their abuse?

 - Sunday 12th of May -

(11am) 

 There are various examples of "science" supporting conspiracy theories, such as when Andrew Wakefield published a paper in The Lancet claiming that vaccines caused autism. Thereafter, this paper has been debunked and is no longer respected in the scientific community. However, this naturally brings up the question on how Wakefield's paper differs from the multitude of other articles in The Lancet. What exactly is the difference between proper science and proper fraud?

This epistemological question ultimately predates the creation of the modern scientific method, but is of most importance nowadays when the proper interpretation and understanding of science is paramount to individuals and society at large.