Event: SciCafe @AMNH: Naughty vs Nice
by Greg on Nov.21, 2009, under Science Event, Science Life
| December 2, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
The American Museum of Natural History is bringing a winter solstice holiday themed Sci Cafe on December 2nd. Should be an interesting talk on that very tiresome meme: Human nature (a total myth if you didn’t know):
NAUGHTY VS. NICE: THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF GREED AND ALTRUISM
FEATURING BIOLOGIST LEE DUGATKIN AND AMNH CURATOR ROB DESALLE
WHAT: SciCafe presents Naughty vs. Nice: The Biological Basis of Greed and Altruism, featuring biologist Lee Dugatkin, University of Louisville, and AMNH Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Rob DeSalle.
Join fellow New Yorkers to discuss what makes us naughty or nice by uncovering the evolutionary and cultural roots of greed and altruism, and compare these seemingly human behaviors to those of other species.
Surrounded by magnificent geological specimens in the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, enjoy the Museum after hours with music, drinks, and thought-provoking conversation at the next installment of the popular new SciCafe series at the American Museum of Natural History. SciCafe features cutting-edge science, cocktails, and conversation and takes place on the first Wednesday of every month.
WHEN: Wednesday, December 2, 7 pm
WHERE: Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
American Museum of Natural History
Enter at the 81st Street/Rose CenterADMISSION: Free admission with cash bar; must be 21+ with ID
INFO: For more information, please visit amnh.org/scicafe.
The last Sci Cafe i attended was packed: free admission and cheap spirits can do that. This time, AMNH is RSVP’ing through facebook. Clever. Take advantage of that!
I had the misfortune of flipping through Harvard’s Alumni Gazette today to see a short favorable article on the life of Ayn Rand, a person who celebrated Greed. That’s a lot of chutzpah considering our current economic crisis is directly linked to her and her disciples like Alan Greenspan, and their unrelenting pursuit of self wealth. I hope someone brings up this topic with the speakers on the 2nd. Going forward, America needs to reconcile its slow transition to seeing avarice as a virtue (it isn’t) with capitalism.
:altruism, amnh, Greed, Lee Dugatkin, Rob Desalle, Rose Center, Scicafe
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