Category: Speakers
The Current Frontier of Consciousness Research – Claire Lachance, IONS CEO – February 16, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018 Doors open at 11 AM Presentation Starts at 11:30 AM The Current Frontier of Consciousness Research Overview: Claire Lachance, CEO for the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), will share her strategic vision and priorities for their organization’s scientific research, experiential education programs, EarthRise campus, and worldwide community. Claire…
Discerning Truth and Reality in Personal and Spiritual Growth – Gabriel Sereni – January 5, 2018
Notes added after Gabe’s talk: Resources: List of Logical Fallacies – http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet – https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18 General fact checker (for fake news as well): https://www.factcheck.org Other fact checkers, good to research their bias/leanings before using: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/2016/07/20/the-10-best-fact-checking-sites/ Some tools, techniques and strategies to avoid bias, manipulation, mistakes, blind spots etc in your life and personal growth: Study…
How Science is Predictive of the Soul or Superself – Jim Poppleton – November 3, 2017
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 11:00 AM Presentation Starts at 11:30 AM ABSTRACT Jim Poppleton will share his involvement with double slit experiments (DSEs) and quantum mechanics (QM). After applying simple geometric logic to data emerging from the double slit experiments, he came to a unique understanding of the nature of…
Crossing the Event Horizon: Human Metamorphosis and the Singularity Archetype – Jonathan Zap – September 29, 2017
Abstract: Empirical, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that the human psyche is not born as a blank slate but with powerful, universal predispositions called “archetypes.” Archetypes, such as the hero, trickster and devouring mother are often misunderstood as merely cultural motifs, but they are not merely patterns, they are subjects rather than…
Unraveling Mysteries in Human History – Jay Weidner – August 11, 2017
NOTE: NEW Venue : 95a Bistro in Lafayette ——- BIOGRAPHY: Jay Weidner, Senior Director for Content Production at gaia.com Called by Wired Magazine an “authority on the hermetic and alchemical traditions,” Jay Weidner is a renowned filmmaker, author and scholar. Considered to be a modern-day Indiana Jones for his ongoing worldwide…
Multiple Paths to the Truth… In Physics – Garret Moddel, Ph.D. – June 23, 2017
Abstract: We usually assume that different theories that explain the same phenomenon cannot all be correct, no matter whether the field is physics, philosophy or parapsychology. That notion is wrong. In fact, there are dual approaches to nearly every physics concept. The implications affect not only how we think…
Can you POISON yourself with Energy Medicine? – Gail Lynn – May 19, 2017
Dogma, Heresy, and the Religion of Science: Is it Time for a Reformation of Empiricism? – Amy Lewis – April 14, 2017
Abstract Science is a system of inquiry and knowledge production that, through a process of observation and experiment, “democratizes” the study of the physical and natural world. Although science represents a significant advance over previous knowledge systems, limitations in its capacity to cope with some types of observable phenomena is…
The Science and Psychology of Meeting our Galactic Neighbors – Don Daniels – March 3, 2017
The Current Frontier of Consciousness Research – Claire Lachance, IONS CEO – February 16, 2018

Friday, February 16, 2018 Doors open at 11 AM Presentation Starts at 11:30 AM The Current Frontier of Consciousness Research Overview: Claire Lachance, CEO for the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), will share her strategic vision and priorities for their organization’s scientific research, experiential education programs, EarthRise campus, and worldwide community. Claire…
Discerning Truth and Reality in Personal and Spiritual Growth – Gabriel Sereni – January 5, 2018

Notes added after Gabe’s talk: Resources: List of Logical Fallacies – http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet – https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18 General fact checker (for fake news as well): https://www.factcheck.org Other fact checkers, good to research their bias/leanings before using: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/2016/07/20/the-10-best-fact-checking-sites/ Some tools, techniques and strategies to avoid bias, manipulation, mistakes, blind spots etc in your life and personal growth: Study…
How Science is Predictive of the Soul or Superself – Jim Poppleton – November 3, 2017

Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 11:00 AM Presentation Starts at 11:30 AM ABSTRACT Jim Poppleton will share his involvement with double slit experiments (DSEs) and quantum mechanics (QM). After applying simple geometric logic to data emerging from the double slit experiments, he came to a unique understanding of the nature of…
Crossing the Event Horizon: Human Metamorphosis and the Singularity Archetype – Jonathan Zap – September 29, 2017

Abstract: Empirical, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that the human psyche is not born as a blank slate but with powerful, universal predispositions called “archetypes.” Archetypes, such as the hero, trickster and devouring mother are often misunderstood as merely cultural motifs, but they are not merely patterns, they are subjects rather than…
Unraveling Mysteries in Human History – Jay Weidner – August 11, 2017

NOTE: NEW Venue : 95a Bistro in Lafayette ——- BIOGRAPHY: Jay Weidner, Senior Director for Content Production at gaia.com Called by Wired Magazine an “authority on the hermetic and alchemical traditions,” Jay Weidner is a renowned filmmaker, author and scholar. Considered to be a modern-day Indiana Jones for his ongoing worldwide…
Multiple Paths to the Truth… In Physics – Garret Moddel, Ph.D. – June 23, 2017

Abstract: We usually assume that different theories that explain the same phenomenon cannot all be correct, no matter whether the field is physics, philosophy or parapsychology. That notion is wrong. In fact, there are dual approaches to nearly every physics concept. The implications affect not only how we think…
Can you POISON yourself with Energy Medicine? – Gail Lynn – May 19, 2017
Dogma, Heresy, and the Religion of Science: Is it Time for a Reformation of Empiricism? – Amy Lewis – April 14, 2017

Abstract Science is a system of inquiry and knowledge production that, through a process of observation and experiment, “democratizes” the study of the physical and natural world. Although science represents a significant advance over previous knowledge systems, limitations in its capacity to cope with some types of observable phenomena is…