Welcome to FRESH where Humanists gather to discuss sweet reason, honest science, fair nature while enjoying each others company.                                             Magna est veritas  et proevalebit. ‡ FRESH Meetings - We are back at the library! WASH-FRESH Meetings are normally held on the 2^nd Sunday of each month at 1:30pm to 3:00pm at the C Burr Artz public library - 110 East Patrick Street, Frederick MD, 21701, unless posted otherwise. There is free on street parking.  All are welcome, ♂ & ♀ . FRESH is the Frederick, Maryland chapter of the Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH).
The December Meeting - Why do humans believe? Sunday, December 11, 2011   1:30 to 3:00 pm Topic:   Dr Gary Berg Cross will speak on the socio-cognitive psychology of belief and knowledge: a primer for scientific secular humanists. He will speak for an hour, followed by a Q & A period. One cognitive bias evolution seems to have given us is an “agency detection” device to alert mammals to real dangers (poisonous snakes). But this also generates false positives because it biases us to find causes (agents) for things around us. In humans this bias became hypersensentive favoring social interpretations of phenomena. So the human cognitive bias is for animistic explanations based on scant evidence of their presence. Hope to see you all there... this should be good! --Karl Schuch Location: C. Burr Artz public library, in the CBA Trust conference room located on the first floor, 110 East Patrick St., Frederick MD.
Recent meeting topics: April 10, 2011, "Belief, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking," by Kar Schuch December 12, 2010 Making the Best Choices at the End of Life, by Walter Ehrhardt June 13, 2010 Immigration, by Bill Pace May 16, 2010 The Moral Principles of Health Care Reform, by John Nugent April 11, 2010 Ask a Quaker, by John Darnell. March 28, 2010 Pollination Is Needed for the World, by Eldon Winston February 14, 2010 Meeting cancelled due to snow. January 10, 2010 Whose Funeral Is It?, by Gary Deem December 13, 2009 Foundations of Evolution, by Mike Reid November 8, 2009 FRESH Annual Hyde Park Session October 18, 2009 Thomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom, by Gary Deem September 13, 2009 A Solar Energy presentation by Nicholas Pace. August 16, 2009 Annual Picnic at Winston’s Gardens. July 12, 2009 Six books of extreme interest were discussed in a What to Read? program. June 14, 2009 The movie Zeitgeist Addendum was viewed and spiritedly discussed. May 3, 2009 Ray lead a discussion of the movie Zeitgeist, Part 1. April 5, 2009 Dave lead a computer Tips session, followed by group discussion. March 8,2009 Let's Talk Darwin was a program of small discussion groups. February 8, 2009 Hyde Park Session - 5 minute open mike talks. January 18, 2008 Barry Kissin spoke about surveillance of nonviolent political activists.	Humanist Links FRESH Contacts
Announcements: Send your program ideas & announcements to Karl Schuch  - email   karl.fresh.wash@gmail.com Do you have something to share, something to discuss? Email us at: Or contact FRESH coordinator Karl Schuch at:        karl.fresh.wash@gmail.com FRESH Chapter Washington Area Secular Humanists P.O. Box 15319 Washington, DC 20003	Invisible Unicorn
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