Stuart Kauffman: “Res Extensa, Res Potentia And The Poised Realm”
| September 1, 2010 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
Please join us for a short philosophical discourse with Stuart Kauffman, eminent theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher.
“We have lived with scientific “monism” since Newton. Monism is the view, shared by virtually all scientists, that the world is made of one kind of “stuff,” the Actual world of matter and energy and with some question marks, space and time and information.
There are very good grounds to accept monism, and it has an ancient history. No less an ancient philosopher Empedocles said, “What is real in the universe is what is actual.”
Aristotle was less sure, he toyed with the idea that both the Actual and the Possible were “Real.” He called the Possible “potentia” and meant a variety of things by Potentia. And no less a mathematician and philosopher than Alfred North Whitehead, he of Principia Mathematica in the early 20th Century, written with Bertrand Russell, moved on to think of both Actuals and Possibles as “real”, or “ontologically real”, meaning two kinds of “stuff,” Actuals and Possibles in the universe.
I’m beginning, to my surprise to think Aristotle and Whitehead may have been right.
If so, the implications are radical.
I’m beginning to think of a dualism, not the Res Extensa and Res Cogitans of Descartes, but a new Res Extensa and Res Potentia.”
Continue reading Stuart’s essay at at NPR’s 13.7 blog on science and culture with follow-on discussion here.
Please sign up and join us for lunch.
IgniteNM 8 at Santa Fe Complex
| September 22, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
You have an idea, a passion, an experience, so enlighten us, but make it quick!
Submit your topics now for Ignite New Mexico 8 to be held at The Santa Fe Complex, Wednesday, September 22nd at 7 pm. All submissions must be received by Friday, September 12th.
Ignite brings together a wide range of topics in a unique format: each talk is a fun fast five minute presentation (20 slides, 15 seconds per slide).
Open Coffee: September Meeting
| September 15, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Hosted by Flywheel Ventures and Northern New Mexico Connect.
The Santa Fe Open Coffee Club invites anyone interested in startups in New Mexico to meet at the Santa Fe Complex for informal networking with developers, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, and other interested parties. The Open Coffee Club is part of a worldwide network begun in the U.K. as a place for people who love startups to hang out and meet. For more information about the local club, click here.
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Cafe Scientifique: “Eternal Vigilance: How to Catch a Terrorist”
| September 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Guest Speaker: Tom Tierney, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cafe Scientifique is a program that brings teens from all walks of life together to explore, discuss, and debate the latest ideas in science and technology.
At this Café Scientifique, we’ll discuss some of the science and engineering behind the technologies that keeps America safe from terrorism, and share thoughts on the societal burdens that the use of these technologies impart.
For more information on Cafe Scientifique New Mexico…
Resolana Technica August Meeting
| August 26, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
more…“Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata”
| August 25, 2010 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
WedTech@theComplex
“Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata”: an overview by Wim Hordijk
The Evolving Cellular Automata (EvCA) project provides a framework for studying the relations among dynamics, emergent computation, and evolution in decentralized spatially extended systems. more…
The Real Impact: YouthWorks Showcase
| September 17, 2010 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
See exactly how much can be accomplished in six shorts months by youth, with the right support and opportunity. Presentations from youth leaders on community improvement projects completed in partnership with the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM Youth Conservation Corps, the Santa Fe Community College, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, the Santa Fe Housing Trust, “the Breakfast Club’” YouthWorks culinary training program, catering and café, and local businesses such as the Santa Fe New Mexican and Woodstone Builders.
Come learn about these exciting projects and the first-hand experiences of local youth working hard to show our community new ways about thinking about our youth.
WedTech@sf_x: SimTable’s Entrepreneurial Process
| September 15, 2010 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
Chas Curtis, CEO of SimTable, will present the status of the company, its fire training application, and the process that lead to funding this year through the Los Alamos Venture Acceleration Fund.
e here now: Adding Emotional Presence to Digital Interactions
| September 8, 2010 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
Project Review and Call for Collaboration
Principal Investigators: Rob and Chris Shaw
Rob and Chris Shaw will present their work to date on “e here now” — a communications engine integrating facial expression into video and three dimensional digital social interactions.
Rob and Chris are soliciting input from technologists and content creators into the objectives and technical means of the project.
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New Mexico Game Jam
| August 13, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| August 14, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 9:00 pm |
| August 15, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
The Rio Grande chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is holding the second annual NM Game Jam from August 13th to August 15th, 2010. This year, the Game Jam will expand beyond the borders of Albuquerque to include sites in Santa Fe and Las Cruces, allowing game developers from throughout the state to participate.
