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=Concept Exchange Society=

The Concept Exchange Society is an interest group of people who wish to better understand the world around us.

Members tend to be scientifically literate; with wide-ranging curiosity. Each month a speaker presents on a topic, typically accepting clarifying questions along the way with discussion at the end. The speaker may be a volunteer from within the group or someone knowledgeable on a topic from without. The important thing is that the speaker, having prepared something in advance, brings to the rest of us the benefit of considered thought. Any topic — concept — about which the volunteer has informed him or herself is acceptable; concerning, say, science, society, philosophy, art .... and more.

We meet the First Sunday Morning of each month at 10:30 a.m. at a volunteer host's house. At present, we have more members on our email list than any of our homes can accommodate, but have started a waiting list and hope to add new members in the months ahead.

Here’s a sampling of presentations : Leader: Peter Marks, 464-8300, peter@designinsight.com
 * || Genetically Modified Foods || Barry Bowman ||
 * Alien Wisdom (concepts wrapped in song) || Nancy Abrams ||
 * History of Islam || Brian Miller ||
 * The Puzzle of Biological Aging || Piotr Ziminiak ||
 * The Purpose of a Company || Peter Marks ||
 * Update on Astrophysics || Joel Primack ||
 * The RNA World || Melissa Jurica ||
 * Quantum Computing: Harnessing a new force in nature || Eric Ladizinsky ||
 * Aging in America || Gail Greenwood ||
 * The I Ching: Patterns of Change || Steven Strasnick ||
 * Evolutionary Psychology || Andrew Neher ||
 * Greece and the European Debt Crisis || Jack Michaelsen ||
 * Phonology — how voiced sound conveys meaning || Dan Silverman ||
 * Hands-on Facebook Exploration || Sadye Chester ||
 * The Khan Academy || Jay Stoffer ||
 * How Then Shall We Live? || Gail Greenwood ||
 * The rise of the extreme right in current European politics || Peter Kenez ||
 * Philosopher Pie || Marvin Chester ||
 * The France I Know and Love || Richard Zakarian ||
 * Blind Spotting || Peter Marks ||
 * Probability & Intuition || Mark Folsom ||
 * Night lights and poisons in the sea || Mary Silver ||
 * From Drug Discovery to the Marketplace || Ginna Holcombe ||

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