Throughout the ages many crackpot ideas have actually come true. Human flight, the moon landing, the idea that the moon causes tides, the existence of gorillas, the movement of the continents. Let’s discuss these ideas. What made people think they were crackpot? What moved them to mock the inventors and intellectuals that had these ideas?
What are the current crackpot ideas that could turn out to be true? Sentient AI? Moon travel (again)? Faster than light travel? Teleportation? Does science benefit from ‘crackpot’ ideas? Have all the best scientists been a bit crackpot?
Join us in GeekSpeak at noon SLT on Saturday to discuss weird past and future ideas. Bring your friends!
IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every Wednesday in the GeekSpeak auditorium, if you have ideas for new subjects.
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