When Intelligence Goes Bad

Announcing a new Meetup for Christchurch Skeptics in the Pub!

What: When Intelligence Goes Bad

When: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:30 PM

Where:
The Twisted Hop
6 Poplar Street
Christchurch
+64339623688

Continuing the goal of having a speaker each month;

The talk will start at 6:30pm. We have the venue until 10pm. If things continue, we can move to the downstairs bar. The venue will have the bar open and bar snacks and meals are available.

A special thanks to The Twisted Hop for the special deal on the location.

When Intelligence Goes Bad
- Richard Graham

History is littered with the intellectual remains of some incredibly smart people who nevertheless let credulity get the better of them. Some have come to believe a wide range of extremely weird things, often in opposition to an overwhelming body of evidence and scientific consensus. In this seminar we will examine some of these cases and identify a set of logical problems in thinking that smart people are paradoxically more vulnerable to than their less intelligent and less educated peers.

Learn more here:
http://christchurch.skepticsinthepub.net.nz/calendar/12593103/