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Blink and you’ll Artemis it
In April this year humankind broke free of low earth orbit and circumnavigated the moon for the first time in over five decades, but did anyone actually care? More importantly, what did the moon landing denialist and conspiracy theorist communities have to say about it all? Join us for a critical thinking trip around the mediasphere's reaction to the Artemis II mission, with an added side quest to look at the wider state of NASA and space travel in general.…
Find out more »Why Can’t We Agree on Anything Anymore? Polarisation and Hot Politics
NOTE: You need to reserve a (free) ticket. The venue and start time are different from our regular events too!Link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-cant-we-agree-on-anything-anymore-polarisation-and-hot-politics-tickets-1993145683393 This event also includes a free buffet About the event:Join GOSAS (Glasgow Open Salon for Arts and Sciences) and Glasgow Skeptics to explore political polarisation in an open and engaging discussion. It has become normal to write people off over their politics. Dating apps let you filter out the other side before a first message, families steer…
Find out more »What Makes Us Human in the Age of AI?
Artificial intelligence can now generate human-like text, produce synthetic images, imitate conversation, and support healthcare and education. As these systems become part of our everyday life, they raise deeper questions about consciousness, creativity, judgement and what it really means to think. Drawing on philosophy, neuroscience and generative AI, this talk explores the difference between machines predicting patterns and humans experiencing meaning, emotion and embodied lived reality. About the speaker:Dr Ourania Varsou is a medically-qualified Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the…
Find out more »Dead as the Dodo? Why we’re still making Victorian mistakes
When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he proved that extinction was a real and present threat - yet Victorian Britain embraced the extravagant feather fashion craze anyway. Despite early warnings from naturalists, demand for plumage soared while over 150 bird species vanished. Today, with roughly 13% of living birds threatened with extinction, our modern debates mirror those sparked in the 1880s. Join Victorian scholar Dr Bethany Dahlstrom as she explores how pioneering Victorian organisations like…
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