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Sci-Fight Comedy Debate

Join us online for a science-meets-comedy debate, scientists and comedians join forces to debate whether we should upload our brains to the cloud.

As the gap between the capabilities of a human brain and a computer shrink, we have to wonder: why not join forces? For those forgetful enough to leave home without pants, perhaps uploading our thoughts, memories and pant-related obligations to the cloud would save us time, money, and an arrest warrant for indecent exposure.

Maybe it's not that big of a leap to hand our minds over to our digital caretakers. After all, computers remember things better than us. They're not overwhelmed by emotions, subject to bias, or distracted by Twitter. Computers also outlive us, meaning our friends and loved ones can access the "digital us" long after the "biological us" has left this realm. Within this electronic cave, our minds can live forever. (So long as we've been charged!)

Earlier Event: 8 August
Minus18 Virtual Chillout Session
Later Event: 18 August
Shut Up and Write... About Science