{"id":2042,"date":"2016-03-13T11:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T11:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2016-03-17T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:09:36","slug":"five-computer-scientists-walk-into-a-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2042","title":{"rendered":"Five computer scientists walk into a bar&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Stand-up_comedy.jpg\" alt=\"Stand-up_comedy\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Stand-up_comedy.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Stand-up_comedy-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Stand-up_comedy-485x300.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us at the Amersham Arms for a stand-up comedy event with a difference, featuring sex robots, aliens, and an invisible guitar.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goldsmiths Computing\u00a0geniuses take on Psychology boffins\u00a0in a high-speed dash through their specialist\u00a0subjects. Expect laughs, facts that sound totally made up but aren&#8217;t, and loads of terrible PowerPoints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> The Amersham Arms, New Cross<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> 6.30 &#8211; 9.30pm Friday 18 March 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Tickets:<\/strong> \u00a36 (\u00a35 concessions). <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/348571\">Buy online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Computing line-up<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doc.gold.ac.uk\/~mas01kd\/\">Kate Devlin<\/a>\u00a0on why sex robots are coming.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swiseman.co.uk\">Sarah Wiseman<\/a>\u00a0on experimenting on the WEIRDest humans in the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eavi.goldsmithsdigital.com\/staff\/dr-mick-grierson\/\">Mick Grierson<\/a>\u00a0plays an invisible guitar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/computing\/people\/m-majid\/\">Mohammad Majid Al-Rifaie<\/a>\u00a0tells us what AI can learn from bees, birds and ants.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/computing\/people\/donald-nicky\/\">Nicky Donald<\/a>\u00a0talks about the interactive future of television.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Psychology line-up<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/psychology\/staff\/charltonr\/\">Rebecca Charlton<\/a> asks what&#8217;s happening in our brains as we get old and how we can stop it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hungrymindlab.com\/portfolio\/sophie-von-stumm\/\">Sophie von Stumm<\/a> explains why stupid people think they are smart.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/psychology\/staff\/addyman-caspar\/\">Caspar Addyman<\/a> asks \u2018Where are all the aliens?\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/psychology\/staff\/wright-gordon\/\">Gordon Wright<\/a> presents Psychological Sleuthing 101. What can we really tell about people we&#8217;ve barely (or never) met?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/psychology\/staff\/french\/\">Chris French<\/a> introduces the weird and wonderful world of anomalistic psychology &#8211; with jokes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Goldsmiths is teaming up with the <a href=\"http:\/\/telegraphhillfestival.org.uk\">Telegraph Hill Festival<\/a> for this special Showoff event to coincide with British Science Week. &#8216;Geek comedian&#8217; and compere Steve Cross will be venturing south of the river once again to keep everyone to time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from ticket sales will go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cara.ngo\">CARA, the Centre for At-Risk Academics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at the Amersham Arms for a stand-up comedy event with a difference, featuring sex robots, aliens, and an invisible guitar.\u00a0 Goldsmiths Computing\u00a0geniuses take on Psychology boffins\u00a0in a high-speed dash through their specialist\u00a0subjects. Expect laughs, facts that sound totally made up but aren&#8217;t, and loads of terrible PowerPoints. Where: The Amersham Arms, New Cross &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2042\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Five computer scientists walk into a bar&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[105,106,107,74],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}