When Intelligence Goes Bad

Feb 23 Tue 5:30 PM
Location

6 Poplar Street
Christchurch +64339623688

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"We have booked the top floor for this presentation."

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 32  people attended.
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Who organized?
Unifex

Continuing the goal of having a speaker each month;

The talk will start at 6:30pm. We have the venue until 10pm. If things continue, we can move to the downstairs bar. The venue will have the bar open and bar snacks and meals are available.

A special thanks to The Twisted Hop for the special deal on the location.

When Intelligence Goes Bad
- Richard Graham

History is littered with the intellectual remains of some incredibly smart people who nevertheless let credulity get the better of them. Some have come to believe a wide range of extremely weird things, often in opposition to an overwhelming body of evidence and scientific consensus. In this seminar we will examine some of these cases and identify a set of logical problems in thinking that smart people are paradoxically more vulnerable to than their less intelligent and less educated peers.

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  • Robert Zuch
    Posted Feb 24, 2010 12:09 AM
    Unfortunately work comnmitments kept me out of town - such shame. Hope to hear it another time. Robert.
  • Paul King
    Posted Feb 23, 2010 8:07 PM
    Great talk, Well done Richard! More please!

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