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Dan Dennett Dublin Déardaoin

  • 28-01-2011 11:12AM
    #1
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭


    Anyone at Dan Dennett last night in Dublin? I thought it was a very good talk with an engaging and good-humoured Q&A after...


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  • #2
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,452 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    Yep. The talk he gave was a bit vague and waffly -- not unlike most of his books -- but the q+a was much more fun, though I'm not sure he appreciated Brendan Burgess's comment about that "atheist gospel music" composed by some of his friends. Truly, 'twas frightful stuff. I expect the talk will go up on seminars.ie before too long, although Dennett doesn't really fit with the woo-based worldview that the website seems more comfortable with.

    In addition to many fellow-skeptics, I bumped into John May (he of "Specious Nonsense" fame) but he was keeping a fairly low profile, no doubt still chastened by what happened during the Buswell's Incident.

    Anybody else at it?


  • #3
    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    robindch wrote: »
    Yep. The talk he gave was a bit vague and waffly -- not unlike most of his books -- but the q+a was much more fun, though I'm not sure he appreciated Brendan Burgess's comment about that "atheist gospel music" composed by some of his friends. Truly, 'twas frightful stuff. I expect the talk will go up on seminars.ie before too long, although Dennett doesn't really fit with the woo-based worldview that the website seems more comfortable with.

    In addition to many fellow-skeptics, I bumped into John May (he of "Specious Nonsense" fame) but he was keeping a fairly low profile, no doubt still chastened by what happened during the Buswell's Incident.

    Anybody else at it?

    My mate went. Made same comment about the music. Your man Burgess is some buzz. If he is not taking the mick out of creationists he is taking the mick out of aspects of our financial system.

    My mate also said it wasn't worth 40 euro. I agree with you about his books. He'd have me falling asleep through most of it - doubt a religious person would be able to maintain their concentration ;-)

    Also, I asked my mate was there many hot birds he said there was two.
    Oh no - he's not Andy Gray :-)


  • #4
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭murrayp4


    Actually- now that you mention it....40 quid was steep but they were really taking the pi$$ with plain egg sandwiches for a fiver and sh!t coffee for 3 quid!!


  • #5
    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    murrayp4 wrote: »
    Actually- now that you mention it....40 quid was steep but they were really taking the pi$$ with plain egg sandwiches for a fiver and sh!t coffee for 3 quid!!

    How many people were at it?


  • #6
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭murrayp4


    Sold out- approx 200 I'd guess


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  • #7
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,452 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    I'd have said closer to 300. The room was pretty well packed.


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