GeekSpeak – Should we be more logical? Or are we all right as we are? Join the discussion on January 7th at 12pm SLT

 Is it dangerous that the world is run by irrational, emotional humans?  Should we turn our culture into a Vulcan culture?  Should we teach kids critical thinking and force politicians to listen to science?  Or even, as some people have suggested, have scientists run the country? Or is our natural, human way of doing things the best way?  And why should we trust scientists to get things right when...

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GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 16th July at noon SLT: The James Webb Space Telescope! What will it show us?

This week NASA showed us the first images from the JWST.  There will be plenty more to come.  What will we discover?  What answers will the telescope give us?  Will it find life on other planets, perhaps advanced civilizations?  Will it tell us how the universe began? And when it gives us answers will it also give us new questions?  What questions about the universe do you want answers to?  Can we ever know what...

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GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 5th December at noon SLT:

 GeekSpeak – Transhumanism!  What will our species become?Where is our species going?  Will we fly, will we become immortal, will we evolve into multiple species?  Can we control our future evolution?  Will we change our bodies to adapt to other planets?  Will we evolve beyond all physical restrictions?  What do you want to see us become?What will become of those who stay ‘pure human’?  Will they become obsolete,...

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GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 7th November at noon SLT

 GeekSpeak – When did we become human?At what point in our past did we become human?  Was it when we discovered fire?  Or language?  Or agriculture?  What made us different from other primates?  What are humans?  Is a human in 1000 BC the same as one in 2000 AD?  Would we share the same values?  What will we have become in 3000 AD?We can now start defining ourselves but nobody seems to be discussing it.Let’s...

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