t23Posted: 6 Jul 2005, 4:56pm 
X=- ::::::: [o] i keep missing these so i thought i'd make an effort to go to some this year..
also generally the stuff they normally talk about seems old to me [ie no hyperdimensional stuff] but this chalmers guy is interesting, he studied philosophy of consciousness* at adelaide and is generally regarded as an authority.. just started reading his book.. i read somewhere also i think that he was influenced as a student by the effects of LSD [but mayb i made that bit up ;D].. interesting nevertheless..
there's also a guy talking on 'What scientists don’t tell you about science (because most of them don’t know themselves)' which i want to check out..
*edit> "he studied mathematics at the University of Adelaide and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He then turned to philosophy and cognitive science, completing a Ph.D. at Indiana University in 1993."
This post has been edited by t23 on Jul 6 2005, 05:20 PM
It is no great accomplishment to hear a voice in the head. The accomplishment is to make sure it is telling the truth, because the demons are of many kinds: "Some are made of ions, some of mind; the ones of ketamine, you'll find, stutter often and are blind." - McKenna 
Blergh.... yeah, i dont think any decent scientist would pretend to know all the answers.. thats why everyone in science should be familiar with philosophy too! for is not 'science' as we know it a type of philsophical argument bout the world?
tell u wat, u'll need to find the local coffee stand between the sessions tho! i recommend the one outside the artgallery on nth terrace.. very nice coffee:)
ATM Join the Movement!"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite." -Karl Popper KANCHO ASSASSIN! Blergh.... hehe, i like the coffee dude... always in his beanie, and the spooky thing is, he looks JUST like my friend in melbourne.. same glasses, eye colour etc! its very freaky.
thats awesome u went to the museum to get a mushroom checked, haha...
ATM Join the Movement!"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite." -Karl Popper KANCHO ASSASSIN! t23Posted: 6 Jul 2005, 5:34pm X=- ::::::: [o] haha yeah after the first big rains we had all these big white mushrooms popped up on my front lawn, they looked tasty but i didn't want to risk it, so i took it into the guy on the second [?] floor in the discovery centre bit [with the live spiders and ty rex skull] and he had a look..
fyi if you scratch or bruise it and it goes yellow, don't touch it!
mine went red so it was ok.. and was tasty! :D
off topic: it's funny when you go to another city and you see 'types' of people that look like people you know, kinda confusing sometimes..
This post has been edited by t23 on Jul 6 2005, 05:35 PM
It is no great accomplishment to hear a voice in the head. The accomplishment is to make sure it is telling the truth, because the demons are of many kinds: "Some are made of ions, some of mind; the ones of ketamine, you'll find, stutter often and are blind." - McKenna Blergh.... no this guy is a SPLITTING IMAGE! but yeah, i know what u mean... spooky doubles!
i havent been to the discovery centre yet.. crazy huh! will go checkit soon.
ATM Join the Movement!"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite." -Karl Popper KANCHO ASSASSIN! t23Posted: 6 Jul 2005, 5:50pm X=- ::::::: [o] actually i'm not sure it's called the discovery centre [just in case you go on a search for place that doesn't exist].. it's the place they take students to see live creatures and talk to a scientist instead of just looking at spooky dead things..
i think the guy there would be happy to talk to someone other than noisy kids..
This post has been edited by t23 on Jul 6 2005, 05:52 PM
It is no great accomplishment to hear a voice in the head. The accomplishment is to make sure it is telling the truth, because the demons are of many kinds: "Some are made of ions, some of mind; the ones of ketamine, you'll find, stutter often and are blind." - McKenna t23Posted: 18 Jul 2005, 1:43pm X=- ::::::: [o] cool!
they also have some of them available for download.. i'm guessing they'll try to have them all up but haven't got around to it yet.
i got to the david chalmers one on the problems of consciousness, and missed a couple due to being called in to work as well as arriving a bit late and there being no space..
if you're going next year, make sure you arrive at least half hour early, especially for the larger panel ones, cause there's a huge lineup..
it's heartening to know there's an audience for this type of thing in adelaide..
This post has been edited by t23 on Jul 18 2005, 01:43 PM
It is no great accomplishment to hear a voice in the head. The accomplishment is to make sure it is telling the truth, because the demons are of many kinds: "Some are made of ions, some of mind; the ones of ketamine, you'll find, stutter often and are blind." - McKenna Blergh.... ooh yeah i know... my supervisor has been asked to talk at the FOI in brisbane later this year, it would be wikkid to go to it in another city! ididnt get to any this year, next year i will be...
my friend and i will prob purchase some of these on cd, i think a lot arent available for download cause the speakers wouldnt have given permission.. oh well.. the google talk would have been ace!
ATM Join the Movement!"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite." -Karl Popper KANCHO ASSASSIN! 
[with the possible exception of this ex-adelaide lad]]
].. the guy looked a bit lonely [tho it'll do a roaring trade this weekend no doubt], will patronise for caffeine on your suggestion..