May 9th, 2012: Darwin vs. Robot!
The Empiricist League’s first FREE gathering will take place on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:15pm at Lolita Bar’s basement space (266 Broome St., NYC). The theme is “Darwin vs. Robot!” and the program is...
View ArticleAugust 22nd, 2012: “Beyond Thunderdome – The Science of the Apocalypse”
Earthquakes! Disease! Technological meltdown on a global scale! The Empiricist League’s second FREE gathering will take place on Wednesday, Wednesday, August 22nd at 7:15pm at Lolita Bar’s basement...
View ArticleNovember 12th, 2012: “Better, Stronger, Faster – The Bionic Science of Human...
Immortality! Cyborgs! Genetically enhanced supermen! The Empiricist League’s third FREE gathering will take place on Monday, November 12th at 7:15pm at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., in...
View ArticleJanuary 22nd, 2013: “It Came From Outer Space – The Search for Life Beyond...
Exoplanets! Martian landers! Little green men! The Empiricist League’s fourth gathering will take place on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7:15pm at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., in Williamsburg,...
View ArticleMarch 19th, 2013: “My War: The Immune System’s Never Ending Battle Against...
Germs! Killer immune cells! Insanity! The Empiricist League’s fifth gathering will take place on Tuesday, March 19th at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., in Williamsburg, Brooklyn). Doors at 7pm,...
View ArticleJune 11th, 2013: “Understanding the Paradox of Time”
Time travel! Black holes! 3D printing! The Empiricist League’s sixth gathering will take place on Tuesday, June 11th at 7:15pm at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., in Williamsburg, Brooklyn). Doors at...
View ArticleSeptember 10th, 2013: “The New Machine Age”
Nanotech! Teledildonics! Omniscient advertisers! The Empiricist League’s seventh gathering will take place on Tuesday, September 10th at Over the Eight (594 Union Ave., in Williamsburg, Brooklyn)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Five Billion Years of Solitude” Giveaway
Some of you may have seen science writer Lee Billings speak at the Empiricist League earlier this year on the ongoing search for Earth-like planets. Well he has just released his new book on the topic,...
View ArticleJanuary 14th, 2014: The Science of Morality
Ethical robots! Altruistic cavemen! Shameless cheaters! The Empiricist League’s eighth gathering will take place on Tuesday, January 14th at Over the Eight (594 Union Ave., in Williamsburg, Brooklyn)....
View ArticleFebruary 11th, 2014: The Rise of the Super Brain
Does sex affect your IQ? Will shocking your brain make you smarter? Can you train for intelligence? The Empiricist League’s ninth gathering will take place on Tuesday, February 11th at Over the Eight...
View ArticleApril 29th, 2014: Evolving Evolution
Can evolution make music better? Does Darwin need to be modernized? What does the latest research on zombie-creating parasitic wasps teach us about what makes us human? The Empiricist League’s tenth...
View ArticleAugust 19th, 2014: Love
Does marriage help or hinder love? Are men and women really all that different from each other? What does the behavior of online daters tell us about the desires of modern singles? Join a co-founder of...
View ArticleSeptember 23rd, 2014: Creativity
Where does creativity come from? What makes someone an expert? How can we increase our ability to generate innovative ideas? Join us for a round panel discussion with three of the world’s foremost...
View ArticleNovember 25th, 2014: Apocalypse
What’s it like to visit Chernobyl? What’s the best way to fight an Ebola outbreak? What is the FBI doing to keep the most dangerous biological threats in check? Join an FBI agent, the creator of...
View ArticleFebruary 4th, 2015: Free Will
Are we really in control of our own decisions? Do we have a “self” that actively makes choices, or do unseen processes within the brain make our decisions for us? Join a neuroscientist, a...
View ArticleMay 6th, 2015: Food
Will eating insects one day replace eating McDonald’s? Are GMO’s the last, best hope for saving mankind? Should we grow meat in a lab instead of on a factory farm? Join us for the Empiricist League’s...
View ArticleSeptember 23rd, 2015: The Hidden DNA of NYC
What are the 15,000 microscopic lifeforms that live on the subway? How disgusting are the contaminants in the Gowanus Canal? Can we use technology to stop the spread of flu? Join us for the Empiricist...
View ArticleMarch 8th, 2016: The Confidence Game
Con artists, grifters, psychics, and Ponzi schemers: what do all these masters of deception have in common? And how are they able to convince us to fall for their schemes? Join us for the Empiricist...
View ArticleJuly 20, 2016: Consciousness
What is consciousness and where does it come from? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to complex thoughts and emotions – as well as our sense of experiencing the world as individuals? Can...
View ArticleMarch 22, 2017: CRISPR: The Emerging Future of Gene Editing
What makes CRISPR—Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats—such a buzzworthy technology? How could this gene editing technology be used? Designer babies? Driving mosquitos to...
View Article
