How the Hippies Saved Physics

[snugglekitty]

My plans for tonight fell through, so I am going to this lecture:

6:00pm- 7:00pm
How the Hippies Saved Physics
MIT Museum, 265 Mass. Ave.
In recent years, the field of quantum information science has catapulted to the cutting edge of physics. Long before the big budgets and dedicated teams however, the field smoldered on the scientific sidelines within the hazy, bong-filled excesses of the 1970s New Age movement. Many of the ideas that now occupy the core of quantum information science once found their home amid an anything-goes counterculture frenzy, a mishmash of spoon-bending psychics, Eastern mysticism, LSD trips, CIA spooks chasing mind-reading dreams, and comparable "Age of Aquarius" enthusiasts. Listen as MIT Professor David Kaiser describes the field's bumpy transition from New Age to cutting edge.
Cost: Free

Anyone care to join me?

Comments

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't go but I would love to hear about it after you've been!

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

possibly... sounds interesting in a quantum kind of way :)

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

I think so. :) I tend to be very interested in the relationship between quantum physics and the woo-woo. Mostly from the woo-woo end so far but I'm not ruling anything out.

If you decide you'd like to go feel free to meet me there, or text me and we can bus over together. :)

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

LOVE the title!

[gentlescholar.livejournal.com]

Please do post about it. I had plans this evening (and work right up until 6pm.) I'm curious. It sounds like fun.

[alisoninsweden.livejournal.com]

That sounds awesome, I wish I could go.