{"id":1654,"date":"2013-07-03T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T02:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/incredulous\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2014-03-04T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T20:34:06","slug":"inspiring-women-of-tam-2013-susan-gerbic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/incredulous\/2013\/07\/03\/inspiring-women-of-tam-2013-susan-gerbic\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Women of TAM 2013: Susan Gerbic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Skeptic Ink Network is proud to be a supporter of this year\u2019s\u00a0The\u00a0Amaz!ng Meeting\u00a0<\/a>(TAM)\u00a0and we\u2019d like to introduce our readers to some of the excellent voices which make the \u201c4-day vacation from unreason\u201d such a pleasure. With well over 80 names filling out the program, we\u2019re not able to give every worthy speaker their due, so we\u2019ve decided to focus on skeptical women that inspire us. We think they\u2019ll inspire you, too. See the bottom of this post for other entries in this series.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a><\/p>\n

Susan Gerbic began the \u201cGuerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia\u201d project in 2011, and the project now has 80 volunteers editing in 17 languages. Gerbic is a\u00a0co-founder of the Monterey County Skeptics and a steering member of the Independent Investigations Group<\/a>. Susan’s talk at this year’s TAM is called “Crowd sourcing skepticism”. As a member of the IIG and running in some of the same circles as Gerbic, I can tell you she’s a skeptical dynamo. Though not as well known as they should be, Susan’s initiatives have had a cultural impact far larger than most activist projects I know of. \u00a0Find out what I mean in my interview with Susan below (reprinted <\/a>from February 13). Alternately or additionally, you can watch her JREF lecture.<\/p>\n