Just a note to all the nerds, Beyond Belief II is complete. Here is a list of speakers. Many familiar faces, but some new ones too. It will be posted at The Science Network when editing is completed.
Update: PZ has a summary.
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A 1979 US Justice Department study of 32,000 attempted
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