Join us at the Amersham Arms for a stand-up comedy event with a difference, featuring sex robots, aliens, and an invisible guitar.
Goldsmiths Computing geniuses take on Psychology boffins in a high-speed dash through their specialist subjects. Expect laughs, facts that sound totally made up but aren’t, and loads of terrible PowerPoints.
Where: The Amersham Arms, New Cross
When: 6.30 – 9.30pm Friday 18 March 2016
Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions). Buy online
Computing line-up
- Kate Devlin on why sex robots are coming.
- Sarah Wiseman on experimenting on the WEIRDest humans in the world.
- Mick Grierson plays an invisible guitar.
- Mohammad Majid Al-Rifaie tells us what AI can learn from bees, birds and ants.
- Nicky Donald talks about the interactive future of television.
Psychology line-up
- Rebecca Charlton asks what’s happening in our brains as we get old and how we can stop it.
- Sophie von Stumm explains why stupid people think they are smart.
- Caspar Addyman asks ‘Where are all the aliens?’
- Gordon Wright presents Psychological Sleuthing 101. What can we really tell about people we’ve barely (or never) met?
- Chris French introduces the weird and wonderful world of anomalistic psychology – with jokes.
Goldsmiths is teaming up with the Telegraph Hill Festival for this special Showoff event to coincide with British Science Week. ‘Geek comedian’ and compere Steve Cross will be venturing south of the river once again to keep everyone to time.
All proceeds from ticket sales will go to CARA, the Centre for At-Risk Academics.