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This is a good idea (if you think democracy is the right way to make decisions). It's a tool which lets lecture-goers reveal questions they'd like to ask and then lets the audience vote for the one they most want answered.
Meanwhile I think I just heard Steve Jones on the BBC Today podcast saying that evolution was like riding a bike in that if you stop moving you fall off. I think part of his message is that we haven't stopped yet.
B-)
Tuesday 14 October Francis Bacon's Art of Distortion Examines one of the 20th century's greatest painters
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Wednesday 15 October Is Human Evolution Over? Professor Steve Jones explores, confirms and debunks beliefs about inheritance and genetics. He insists that creationism is "anti-science".
See more talks like this in: science / evolution / genetics
Thursday 16 October The Routledge David Crystal Lectures Professor David Crystal presents three of his most popular lectures in this special one day event.
See more talks like this in: academic / arts / linguistics / linguistics
Monday 20 October Surgeons’ Lives Surgery in the 19th Century
See more talks like this in: academic / health / surgery
Saturday 25 October Slide Lecture Performance Artist Doug Fishbone, who is participating in '100 Years, 100 Artists, 100 Works of Art' will be performing one of his celebrated comic slide-show lectures, taking his audience on a journey through his mildly warped imagination.
See more talks like this in: arts / literature / francophone / poetry / contemporary
Sun 12 Oct · Leicester
The National and International role and work of the Red Cross (Leicester Secular Society)
Sun 12 Oct · London
JCC Opinion Soup: Obama or McCain - Who's good for the Jews? (Hampstead Town Hall)
Mon 13 Oct · London
Japan's Grand Strategy (U8, Tower One, London Schoold of Economics and Political Science)
Mon 13 Oct · London
Decisions, Probability and Beliefs: beware Mickey Mouse probability (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics)
Mon 13 Oct · London
The Challenge of Climate Change (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science)
Mon 13 Oct · London
From Digital to Analogue: copyright law as a threat to capitalism and democracy (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science)
Mon 13 Oct · London
The Image of The Road (Pushkin House)
Mon 13 Oct · London
Intellectual Property Rights – Catalyst or inhibitor to a low carbon future? (The Royal Society)
Tue 14 Oct · Plymouth
At the Time of Darwin and Africa Weaponry (Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery)
Tue 14 Oct · London
in the sky: the origin and history of the constellations (Royal Astronomical Society)
Tue 14 Oct · London
Jencks Award: Wolf D. Prix (Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA))
Tue 14 Oct · London
Taming the Quanta (The Royal Society)
Tue 14 Oct · London
Hot, Flat and Crowded (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science)
Tue 14 Oct · London
Economic Agendas in a Global Context: reflections on the role of Korea (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science)
Tue 14 Oct · London
Movers and Shapers: Japan - UK Relations - Sir Ernest Satow (The Japan Foundation London)
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