My THINK week event with Miguel Farias - Oxford Feb 24th

Think Week 2014 - Stephen Law & Miguel Farias

Monday February 24^th, 7:30pm:  Do You Believe The Facts Or The Myth?
Friends Meeting House, St Giles
Dr. Stephen Law
Dr. Miguel Farias

A discussion about belief. Humans believe in many different things, but what do we prefer? The science and facts, or stories and myths? Why are our minds inclined this way? And if we do prefer myth over fact, how can we change the nature of our belief?

Philosopher Dr Stephen Law, author of ‘Believing Bullshit’, and Experimental Psychologist Dr Miguel Farias, will present their ideas about these questions and discuss their thoughts. Members of the audience are invited and encouraged to join the resulting discussion.

Presented as part of Think Week 2014, February 24^th to March 2^nd Oxford


Think Week 2012 is sponsored by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK)http://richarddawkinsfoundation.org/

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OPEN TO ALL, AND ALL EVENTS ARE FREE

Presented by: the University of Oxford Atheist, Secularist, and Humanist Society; Oxford Brookes Atheist, Secularist, and Humanist Society; Oxford Humanists; and Oxford Sea of Faith.

Monday, February 24, 2014 - 19:30 to 21:00

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