SCIENCE
COMEDY
DEBATE
FREE National Science week special: We should embrace our animal nature.
Sat, 19 Aug
|Parkville
In partnership with Science Gallery Melbourne for National Science Week; this debate delves into our animal nature and asks, have we strayed too far?
Time & Location
19 Aug 2023, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEST
Parkville, Melbourne Connect, at, 114 Grattan St, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
About the event
****Free Event! Please Register****
Thrilled to celebrate National Science Week 2023 in partnership with the Science Gallery Melbourne!
This rounds’ topic: We should embrace our animal nature.
We are animals. We may have pulled ourselves out of the primordial muck by our bootstraps. We may have invented sophistications such as chess, quantum mechanics and the Nutbush. We may have gained consciousness, closely followed by curiosity, hope, and existential despair. But have we forgotten our roots?
Many of the things that bring us misery today are constructs we invented. Inflation. The 5 day work week. Brexit. You’ve never seen a bonobo stressing over whether their stock portfolio offers an adequate return on investment. Would we be better off if we shrugged off our fictional fetters and returned to a simpler, more primal existence?
There’s a lot to be said for the joys of an animal existence. Being with your pack; with…