December 3
Life, the Universe, and Everything (Sort Of...)
Meeting # 3,147 - Matt Lowry says that "In this talk you will learn about the basics of the big bang, evolution of the universe, and the status of modern cosmology, including as it relates to particle physics & the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In addition, we will address some interesting speculations, such as questions regarding multiple universes, or multi-verse theory."
Program includes powerpoint presentation.
December 24 + 31
Closed - No Meetings Until January 7
December 17
Flight from the Sensorium
Meeting # 3,149 - Dr. Robert Holland
December 10
"The Public Check on Congress"
A Non-Partisan Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment to Align the Actions of Congress with America’s National Interests
Meeting # 3,148 - Bill Bridgman For the past ten years he has been associated with the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and Northwestern University He says: "At some point in time, perhaps soon, we Americans will be willing to tinker with our constitutional system of checks and balances to make our government more responsive to the American citizenry. An excellent outcome would be the Public Check on Conress." http://publiccheckoncongress.com/
"Have we lost our grounding in the earthly sensuous? All human experience, including our intellectual life, arises out of the sensations of the flesh. Yet for millennia, people have denied the centrality of human embodiment, first by driving the locus of selfhood into the head and later by seeking to transcend the body through cybernetic augmentation or by projecting oneself onto a wholly imagined noncorporeal plane. Robert Holland explores the origins of this flight from the sensorium, its contemporary manifestations, and unanticipated implications."
