“THE BLACK PANTHER: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE?” with Arlen Schumer

10/08/20 • 120 min

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Walking in Lovecraft's Footsteps with David Goudswart

Historian and librarian DAVE GOUDSWARD returns for a discussion of his new book "Lovecraft in the Merrimack Valley." Dave does a masterful job of retracing the routes Lovecraft took on his journeys in New England and how the old homes and vistas worked their way into his tales of terror. Dave's book contains many vintage photos of the places Lovecraft knew intimately. It is a great resource for those interested in the life of a popular 20th Century author. We will also cover Dave's exploration of enigmatic and vanishing petroglyphs on Nomans Island and more southern sea monsters. If we have time, we'll look at his upcoming book on northern sea monsters. How do the species adapt to the different marine climates?

http://goudsward.com/dave/index.htm

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"A Burst of Conscious Light" with DR Andrew Silverman

Provides evidence that human consciousness can never be reproduced and exposes the perils of artificial intelligence
• Explains how consciousness transcends the brain and body through quantum theory and accounts of consciousness in the clinically dead
• Shares scientific evidence of how the image on the Shroud of Turin was produced and connects these findings to evidence concerning near-death experiences
• Reveals how consciousness cannot be reproduced by a machine and how attempts to do so threaten what makes us human
Integrating extensive scientific research from three seemingly unrelated fields of study--quantum mechanics, near-death experiences, and the Shroud of Turin--Silverman reveals the pitfalls and perils of artificial intelligence and addresses the fundamentally flawed thinking that underlies it. Drawing on his work as one of the leading experts on the Shroud of Turin as well as research by scientists from NASA and Los Alamos, he shows how the image on the Shroud could only have been produced by a flash of light as intense as a nuclear explosion--a burst of light that occurred after the body was in the tomb. Sharing medical evidence of consciousness in people declared clinically dead, the author shows how the light of consciousness evidenced by the Shroud is also a consistent feature of most near-death experiences.
Exploring the non-local nature of consciousness--how it transcends the physical brain and body, Silverman explains why the human mind cannot be reduced to a computer and examines what separates sentient beings from machines. He shows how getting caught up in the push for artificial intelligence and the technological quest for immortality--through the attempt to “download” our minds onto computers--will only lead us to devalue and erase what makes us unique and irreplaceable in this cold, dark universe: our humanity.