Concept Exchange Society
The Concept Exchange Society is an interest group of people who wish to better understand the world around us.
Members tend to be scientifically literate; with wide-ranging curiosity. Each month a speaker presents on a topic, typically accepting clarifying questions along the way with discussion at the end. The speaker may be a volunteer from within the group or someone knowledgeable on a topic from without. The important thing is that the speaker, having prepared something in advance, brings to the rest of us the benefit of considered thought. Any topic — concept — about which the volunteer has informed him or herself is acceptable; concerning, say, science, society, philosophy, art .... and more.
We meet the First Sunday Morning of each month at 10:30 a.m. at a volunteer host's house. At present, we have more members on our email list than any of our homes can accommodate, but have started a waiting list and hope to add new members in the months ahead.
Here’s a sampling of presentations:
Leader: Peter Marks, 464-8300, peter@designinsight.com
Members tend to be scientifically literate; with wide-ranging curiosity. Each month a speaker presents on a topic, typically accepting clarifying questions along the way with discussion at the end. The speaker may be a volunteer from within the group or someone knowledgeable on a topic from without. The important thing is that the speaker, having prepared something in advance, brings to the rest of us the benefit of considered thought. Any topic — concept — about which the volunteer has informed him or herself is acceptable; concerning, say, science, society, philosophy, art .... and more.
We meet the First Sunday Morning of each month at 10:30 a.m. at a volunteer host's house. At present, we have more members on our email list than any of our homes can accommodate, but have started a waiting list and hope to add new members in the months ahead.
Here’s a sampling of presentations:
| Genetically Modified Foods | Barry Bowman | |
| Alien Wisdom (concepts wrapped in song) | Nancy Abrams | |
| History of Islam | Brian Miller | |
| The Puzzle of Biological Aging | Piotr Ziminiak | |
| The Purpose of a Company | Peter Marks | |
| Update on Astrophysics | Joel Primack | |
| The RNA World | Melissa Jurica | |
| Quantum Computing: Harnessing a new force in nature | Eric Ladizinsky | |
| Aging in America | Gail Greenwood | |
| The I Ching: Patterns of Change | Steven Strasnick | |
| Evolutionary Psychology | Andrew Neher | |
| Greece and the European Debt Crisis | Jack Michaelsen | |
| Phonology — how voiced sound conveys meaning | Dan Silverman | |
| Hands-on Facebook Exploration | Sadye Chester | |
| The Khan Academy | Jay Stoffer | |
| How Then Shall We Live? | Gail Greenwood | |
| The rise of the extreme right in current European politics | Peter Kenez | |
| Philosopher Pie | Marvin Chester | |
| The France I Know and Love | Richard Zakarian | |
| Blind Spotting | Peter Marks | |
| Probability & Intuition | Mark Folsom | |
| Night lights and poisons in the sea | Mary Silver | |
| From Drug Discovery to the Marketplace | Ginna Holcombe |
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