A Rabbi & A Scientist Walk into a Bar
Thursday, December 15, 2016 • 15 Kislev 5777
6:30 PM - 8:00 PMStation Tavern
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What are the most important science/technology questions facing our community today? How does Jewish wisdom respond to these challenges? More broadly, what can science learn from Judaism and Judaism learn from science. Can these two wisdom traditions be in conversation with each other, instruct each other, improve on each other’s methods, ideologies, goals? Join us for three sessions at Station Tavern where scientists and rabbis will informally discuss the great issues of the day.
1. December 15. Ways of Knowing: Science and Judaism Apprehend the World. How do we make sense of the world around us? How do we recognize what’s true and what’s false? How do understand “reason,” “instinct,” “inspiration,” “revelation,” and other terms that guide the mind and the heart? How do we conduct authentic research? In this session, the scientist and the rabbi will discuss different ways of interpreting and processing what we see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
2. January 12. Animal, Human, Artificial Intelligence: What’s the Same? What’s Different? How do understand the essential differences between different levels of intelligence? Are human beings radically different from other animals? How do we understand our ethical responsibilities towards animals? Would there be parallel responsibilities towards different forms of artificial intelligence? And what is meant my “artificial intelligence” in the first place? What ethical issues face us as we develop AI technologies? In this session the rabbi and the scientist discuss the place of humans in the Universe and our responsibilities toward other forms of life and mind.
3. February 16. The Stories We Tell Ourselves: How and What We Remember. How do individuals order their memories and to create coherent stories that create coherent identities? How do we develop collective memories? Every Passover we proclaim that “we were slaves in Egypt.” Do we remember the experience? Is it possible to remember something that didn’t happen to us, yet understand the experience as important in forming our identity? How does that work? In this session a rabbi and a scientist will discuss how to remember.
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