The second Mythology Club Wellington met Friday, November 12, 2010 at Emily’s house. Sixteen intrepid mythologists shared their views on what happens after we die over a festive meal and free-flowing sangria. We watched David Eagleman’s talk on Possibilianism and discussed the recent discovery of the giant gamma-ray emitting bubbles.
Thought-provoking talk by David Eagleman on Possibilianism from PopTech.
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a fiction writer. During the day, he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine. At night, he is a fiction writer. His work of fiction, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, became an international bestseller and is published in 23 languages.
What is a possibilian? “Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story (say, a man with a beard on a cloud) is true or not true. But with Possibilianism I’m hoping to define a new position — one that emphasizes the exploration of new, unconsidered possibilities. Possibilianism is comfortable holding multiple ideas in mind; it is not interested in committing to any particular story.”
The first Mythology Club Wellington met Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Emily’s house.
Stories were told, and great discussions of the role of mythology in our lives ensued.
Valentina Dias brought amazing (and delicious) presentation of kiri bathe, a ritual food of Sri Lanka. Annabel Youens contributed spinach dip in a bread bowl, a ritual food of Canada, to our collective enjoyment. Also on the menu:
It was a “dark and stormy” night, at least in terms of the cocktail of the evening. Thanks Millton Vineyards, for making such a symbolically rich label for your (awesome, organic) Crazy by Nature wines (Cosmo Red and Shotberry Chardonnay were served.)
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