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Welcome to BRIGHTHINK, a non-profit organisation based in Brighton that hosts engaging and stimulating events all year round. We invite academics, journalists, authors and experts from around the UK, and beyond, to present talks on a wide range of fascinating and intriguing topics that will hopefully entertain, as well as challenge you.
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Upcoming events (3)
See all- A TRICK OF THE MIND: How The Brain Invents Your RealityThe Grand Central, Brighton, Brighton£9.50
ADVANCE TICKETS available at EVENTBRITE now.
How does your brain decide what it’s seeing, from the physical world to other people?
For decades, scientists have tried to understand how our brains work, not realising that the answer lies much closer to home than it seems.
The latest research in neuroscience and psychology suggests that the brain is doing the same thing that the scientists are: using past experiences to build theories of how the world works, and using these models to predict and make sense of it. Through this process, your brain constructs the reality that you live in.
Daniel Yon takes the research one step further, uncovering how your brain colours your perception of the world, the judgements you make about other people and the beliefs you form about yourself. Daniel will revolutionise the way you think, with transformative applications for how we engage with other communities and approach mental illness.Daniel Yon is an experimental psychologist, cognitive neuroscientist and director of The Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, University of London - where he is now Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience. In 2023 he was made a Visiting Fellow of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study and in 2024 he was awarded the Experimental Psychology Society’s EPS Prize for distinguished, independent and original contributions to experimental psychology.
This event will take place upstairs in The Nightingale Room at The Grand Central Pub, Brighton. Unfortunately, there is no wheelchair access at the venue.
- DOORS OPEN: 7:00pm
- TALK STARTS: 7:30pm
- AUDIENCE Q&A: 8:30pm
- BOOK SIGNING: 9:00pm (Books available to purchase on the night)
- THE ATOMIC HUMAN: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AIThe Grand Central, Brighton, Brighton£12.00
Advance Tickets available at EVENTBRITE
A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we're having about Artificial Intelligence: What does it mean for our identity?
Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the centre of the world.
Join Neil D. Lawrence, DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, as he discusses his latest book, The Atomic Human, with Sussex University Professor, Ron Chrisley.
Neil will be discussing and contrasting our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence and revealing the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded. Not just by the experts, but ordinary people. Either AI is a tool for us, or we become a tool of AI. Understanding this will enable us to choose the future we want.Neil D. Lawrence will be 'In Conversation' with Ron Chrisley and will also be signing copies of his latest book, The Atomic Human, which will be available to purchase on the night.
This event will take place upstairs in The Nightingale Room at The Grand Central Pub, Brighton. Unfortunately, there is no wheelchair access at the venue.
- DOORS OPEN: 7:00pm
- TALK STARTS: 7:30pm
- AUDIENCE Q&A: 8:30pm
- BOOK SIGNING: 9:00pm (Books available to purchase on the night)
- LOST BOYS: A Personal Journey Through the ManosphereThe Grand Central, Brighton, Brighton£12.00
Advance Tickets available at EVENTBRITE
Rarely has there seemed a more confusing time to be a man. This uncertainty has spawned an array of bizarre and harmful underground subcultures, collectively known as the ‘manosphere’, as men search for new forms of belonging.
Join acclaimed journalist James Bloodworth as he delves into these worlds and asks: what does their emergence say about Western society? Why are so many men susceptible to the sinister beliefs these groups promote? And what can we do about their pernicious encroachment upon our social and political spheres? Along the way, he enlists in a bootcamp for ‘alpha males’, dissects cultural figures including Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate, and accompanies modern day Hugh Hefners as they broadcast their jet-set lifestyles to millions of followers.James Bloodworth will be 'In Conversation' with Emily Setty and will also be signing copies of his latest book, Lost Boys, which will be available to purchase on the night.
This event will take place upstairs in The Nightingale Room at The Grand Central Pub, Brighton. Unfortunately, there is no wheelchair access at the venue.
- DOORS OPEN: 7:00pm
- TALK STARTS: 7:30pm
- AUDIENCE Q&A: 8:30pm
- BOOK SIGNING: 9:00pm
