Humanist Association of Ottawa MeetUp Group

October 4, 2010 7:00 PM - 12 attended

Science, Society, and Beverages Book Club: The Upside of Irrationality

Fox and Feather Pub (map)

Selected By: Novak

Reviewing the books:

"Predictably Irrational" and "The Upside of Irrationality" by Dan Ariely. (presenter: Felix)

Another book on similar subject: "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer.

david burton
Try goggling terms like : ?cellular automata?, ?genetic algorithms?, ?information theory? ?the study of complexity? ?consciousness? if you want to get a feeling of what the story ?Wake? is all about...

Posted June 11, 2010 at 10:49 AM
david burton
It is the story of the World Wide Web (WWW) achieving consciousness and the subsequent implications and consequences of that happening... It is science fiction (the authour, Robert Sawyer prefers to call it speculative science). However, it is based on a lot of very real, current scientific thinking involving consciousness

Posted June 11, 2010 at 10:51 AM
david burton
The study of consciousness is a multidiscipline field involving neuroscience, philosophy, information theory, complexity theory, networking theory, the theory of dynamic systems, the study of artificial intelligence, the theory of thought, computer science, etc...

Posted June 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM
david burton
? The book "Watch" is the 2nd book of a trilogy. The 1st book of the trilogy is "Wake" The 3rd book of the trilogy is "Wonder" and is not coming out until 2011. The initials of the 3 books of the trilogy is "WWW" It is suggested that reading the first book of the trilogy, "Wake" may be helpful.....

Posted June 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM
david burton
Humanist Dave "B" is unable to present the book that he was scheduled to present at the October 04 book club meeting --------- "Watch" by Robert Sawyer.. He will be presenting it at the January, 2011 book club meeting.
Volunteers will be needed to present a book at the October 04 bookclub meeting..
Humanist Dave will be at the Atheist Alliance International Conference in Montreal on Oct. 01/02/03 and plans on staying in Montreal for the rest of that week...
Cheers!!!!

Posted August 19, 2010 at 9:55 PM
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