Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Panel: Medicinal Psychedelics"

  

"Panel: Medicinal Psychedelics"

Saturday May 29

10 AM to 11 AM SL time

In recent years there have been reports of the therapeutic clinical use of psychedelic substances to treat mental health ailments such as PTSD, Bi-Polar Disorder, depression, and end of life palliative care.  Please join us in the Science Circle to discuss the potential of psychedelics as medicine with therapeutic applications.

 By Mathew Burr

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Panel: Robots And Drones"

   

"Panel: Robots and Drones"

Saturday April 24, 

10AM to 11 AM

From toys to surveillance to autonomous flight on another planet, robots and drones are becoming a part of life in the 21^st century. We are on the threshold of advances in AI and universal surveillance that will bring benefits and risks to society. It is time to discuss the implications of these new elements in our world.

 

A 16-minute YouTube to get you started: Why do Boston Dynamics Robots dance? And could Elon Musk be right that superhuman AI is only around five years away?

Mathew Burr

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Panel: Ministry for the Future"

"Panel: Ministry for the Future"

Saturday March 27

10 AM to 11 AM SL time

The recent state-wide cold snap that left many Texans without electricity and water seems like a good time to consider Kim Stanley Robinson’s book The Ministry for the Future. 

This book is disaster novel wrapped loosely around a series of essays, stories, metaphors, reports and commentaries about economics, politics and social inequality. The story line follows two characters: Frank, the sole survivor of a lethal heat wave, and Mary, the director of the Ministry for the Future, an agency established by the U.N. Their relationship is complicated by an incident that results in Frank’s arrest. The book is not an easy read, dealing as it does with a serious effort to alter human behavior enough to ward off the dire consequences of ignoring our own contributions to climate change. Robinson recognizes both the difficulty of making such changes and the necessity to do so and argues convincingly for some possible solutions.

By Mathew Burr

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Advances In DNA And RNA Science"

 

"Advances In DNA And RNA Science"

Saturday January 30

10 AM to 11:30 AM SL time

By Mathew Burr

Guests
1. Dr. Stephen L. Gasior
2. Dr. Mary Anne Clark

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Ethics Dimensions in Scientific Research"

"Ethics Dimensions in Scientific Research"

Saturday Sept. 26
10 - 11AM SL time

Every last Saturday of the month, Matthew Burr organizes a scientific panel.


Guests:
Dr. Stephen L. Gasior
Dr. Robert A. Hendrix
Mathew Burr

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Science Fair 2020"

"Science Fair 2020"

Saturday June 27

7 AM to 10:30 AM

It is that time again!

The annual Science Fair will take place this year on Saturday, June 27 from 7 AM to 10:30 AM PDT.

This year all curators of an exhibition in the region welcome us at their own work.

For those without a permanent display in the region, pergolas are situated around a mountain.

During a joint teleport, hovering, flying, and walking event with Matthew Burr across the region, we will discover the work of 13 Science Circle members.

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In the Science Circle sim.

Announcement: This Friday and Saturday at The Science Circle - "Global Fires"

"Global Fires"

Saturday March 28

10 AM to 11 AM SL time

Host: Mathew Burr

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Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Recent Developments in Medicine"

"Recent Developments in Medicine"

Saturday, February 29
10 AM SLT

Host: Matthew Burr
Guests: Robert Hendrix, MD, Dr. Stephen Gasior

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Announcement: This Week in The Science Circle - "Unanswered Questions"

Saturday September 28
10AM to 11:30 AM

Monthly panel discussion
With this week as subject “What is the biggest/most significant unanswered question in your field right now?”

Panel participants:

1. Nikolai Mnev, Mathematics
2. William Wall, will answer Astronomy Questions from the Audience
3. Rob Knop, Astronomy; Tension in the Hubble constant

Host scientific debates: Matthew Burr

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