Science Café

Date: Wednesday, 10th February 2016
Time: 6:30 pm

After a long break, the much missed Science Café returns to Blue Sky Café for an evening of accessible Science with some of the leading minds of Bangor University and beyond. We also serve a hearty bowl of homemade soup, with locally made Cheddar and artisan bread for £5.

Speaker: Samantha Kay (BA and MA Psychology)

Title: From Where To Here: The evolution of consciousness

Synopsis: Julian Jaynes’s theory first posited in 1976 uses evidence from psychology, archaeology and ancient literature to track the evolutionary watermark of our consciousness; from developing the skill of attention for enduring tasks, to the first deliberate burials, and sifting through our history of things and ideas. Taking what science says about human mental health, we will look at how Jaynes’s theory fits the elements of gods, human will, and responsibility, as outlined in his book The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind.

Doors open 6.30pm and the presentation begins at 7.30pm promptly