“ Wizard and Ghost”- Meeting of October 28,2017

Aswini H was Ghost Master of the day- she led an entertaining meeting on the theme of Halloween: riddles, recipes, jokes!

Brett S and Lara G were Grammarian and Timer respectively.

The word of the day was “ Doppelganger”

Yanyan Z presented CC project #8 titled” Machine Learning- A gentle introduction” about the language of machines and the future applications of automation.

Justin K presented CC project #2 titled “ Can democracy survive tribalism?” Tribalism is part of what gave humans a competitive advantage. These days of intense political and ideological division gives tribalism a bad rep. However, more than tribalism, it’s insularity and the unwillingness to engage those that hold different opinions into a conversation that’s the problem. Justin’s call to action: Choose pragmatism over ignorance everywhere, even in your own tribe

Zhou presented CC project #8 “ How to select binoculars.” Zhou who is an avid collector of binoculars enlightened the audience on the mysteries of binocular magnification. He also showed a few items from his extensive collection to the audience, from the pocket size to the large. There are binoculars for every activity.

Saher A. presented CC project #2: “ Music- for present and future”, on the associations our brains make with certain songs. To demonstrate, Saher played a song she heard during her childhood and described in great detail the activities and the sensations associated with this piece. Music has the ability to activate all parts of the brain, including  the visual cortex. Music will also mesh with memories and embed these memories in the brain for a long, long time. No wonder, music is powerful therapy for patients suffering from memory loss.

Andy K. was the Table Topics master

Our next meeting is November 11.