… All forms of scholarship are welcome -- including philosophy or science or religious studies. There are dozens of active science cafe's throughout North America. Find out more about this model and about existing groups at sciencecafes.org .

What is consciousness? How does the brain make us conscious? What is it like to be a bat? We intend to meet regularly to discuss these and other topics relating to consciousness. We will also watch films and have lectures. Please join us.

User Experience is more than a buzzword. It's a design philosophy and process that has been proven to work (think Apple, Inc., Hewlett Packard, IBM). Join to meet others that have experience using User Experience techniques and standards. Also, gather to perform usability testing for your site or a client site. If you're familiar with User Experience you know it's all about testing and gathering data on the users for the product, and not assumptions or decisions from the client or developer. Thi …