Comments on: AAAS 2010

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:28:41 +0000

We’re going to aim for the 21st, but that’s ultimately up to the AAAS.

By: Greg R.

Greg R. — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:14:12 +0000

Very cool. I hope to check this out on the weekend dates. I know it’s early, but any idea if your doing your talk on the 20th or 21st?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:15:49 +0000

Sean, surely you’re going to invite Paul Davies, author of `About Time’ & `Physics of Time Asymmetry’ ? Also, don’t overlook Julian Barbour & George Ellis. The many essays on the subject of time at FXQI would be a groovy sources as well.

By: Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:04:28 +0000

Ellipsis, that’s why you give them a carefully predetermined A or B question. I do this as a matter of routine with my son.

By: Ellipsis

Ellipsis — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:32:23 +0000

If you asked the public which is more interesting: “the nature of consciousness” or “the evolution of the mammalian hippocampus,” I think the public would undoubtedly say the former, even though neuroscientists might say they are more interested in a session on the latter since theories are more easily testable and we are closer to understanding the problem in a testable way.

There’s a reason why scientific positions are not elected by the general public, and perhaps it’s for the best.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:28:29 +0000

Yeah, it should. Fixed.

By: CoffeeCupContrails

CoffeeCupContrails — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:21:47 +0000

Sounds interesting.

Shouldn’t that last sentence read “…from the birth of the universe TO the operation of your brain.”?