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Meeting 03.03.10 – Literal Biblical Living

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin

For our last meeting of the term, we watched “A.J. Jacobs’ year of living biblically.” Jacobs is a writer for Esquire magazine, and enjoys living life as a series of experiments. One such experiment entailed him living his life according … Continue reading →

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Meeting 02.17.10 – What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me…)

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

In the spirit of Valentine’s, we watched this TED talk by Helen Fisher on the biochemical foundations of romantic love, which spurred a rousing discussion on love vs. lust, conditioning oneself to love, marriage, arranged marriage, monogamy’s biological and societal … Continue reading →

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Meeting 02.03.10 – Dan Dennett Talks About Religion, Evolution, And Education At TED

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

Thanks if you came out to the meeting tonight. We had a pretty good turnout. At the meeting we watching Dan Dennett’s TED talk, highlighting Rick Warren’s previous TED talk, and his book Breaking the Spell. Dennett believes that everyone … Continue reading →

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Meeting 01.06.2010 – The power of observation

Posted on January 6, 2010 by admin

If you missed our first meeting of the term, here’s the video we watched (just barely, thanks to all three Dragonfly networks sucking as usual). Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist discusses the crucial role of experimentation in science. Read on … Continue reading →

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