Are we just atoms and molecules, or something else? How does consciousness arise from the material neurons in our brains?

MindCORE is hosting a community event at the Penn Museum on Wednesday, March 29th at 7:30 PM.

Join Penn faculty & students in conversation with physicist and bestselling author Alan Lightman to discuss how key findings of modern science help us find our bearings in the cosmos and what these new discoveries tell us about ourselves, and how do we find meaning in them?

Alan Lightman, novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator in conversation with:

  • Justin McDaniel, Professor of the Humanities, Department of Religious Studies
  • Marija Drndic, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Alicia Lopez, Penn Undergraduate Student, English
  • Anna Swartley, Penn Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience

This is a discussion to accompany the 3-part series “SEARCHING: Our Quest For Meaning In The Age Of Science,” now showing on public television. https://searchingformeaning.org/

Tickets are free but required, available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/are-we-just-atoms-molecules-or-something-more-a-discussion-of-searching-tickets-541334294447