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Psychosexual Cinema Club: Psycho
Work Heights - Electric 650 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin CUNY Professor Geoff Klock for a look at absurdly famous movies where fantasy, dreams, sexuality, identity and performance bleed in eerie ways. This week's film is "Psycho" from 1960: Hitchcock is the real slasher, cutting open narrative and audience.
The Science of Sleep and Dreams
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWe spend about a third of our lives in altered states of consciousness, commonly known as sleep. Despite spending so much of our time devoted to this activity (more than any other, over a lifetime), we are just beginning to understand why we sleep and what is going on in the brain while we do […]
AMNH SciCafe: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesFind out how stories can be harnessed to motivate action on climate change. Shahzeen Attari explores how people think about energy use and climate change using methods engineering, public policy, and psychology. Her research spans systems thinking, and the factors that influence our perceptions of natural resources. Hear how stories can be harnessed to motivate action […]
Math Encounters: “Dice, Stamps, and Counting: Putting Polynomials to Work” with Brian Hopkins
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United StatesCome on, lucky 7! Is it possible to label two dice differently and still get the same results as normal dice? And if you have only four-cent and seven-cent stamps, what different totals can you make? How can polynomials help with these kinds of questions? Join mathematician Brian Hopkins as we explore generating functions (a way to […]
Love and Friendship
This Olio path - hosted by Jeanne Proust - aims to bring participants to an understanding of the nature and history of philosophy through debate and discussion. This month: Should we distrust love? Can love be considered a duty? What is true friendship? Hosted at a member's living room in Prospect Heights. Address will […]