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Everywhere and Nowhere


True or false, male or female, Heaven or Hell. Human thought craves oppositions. Can we transcend this way of thinking or are these oppositions fundamental to human thought, and even wrought within the fabric of the world?
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The Great Escape

Is fantasy fiction a dangerous crutch?

Speakers: Frank Furedi, Gwyneth Jones, Philip Pullman
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Visions of Disaster and Perfection

From Atlantis to 1984, visions of utopia once shaped the political landscape. Wh...

Speakers: Paul Kingsnorth, Kevin Warwick
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Awake in the Universe (HTLGI 2010)

Keynote debate. What role do art and creativity play in making us alive?

Speakers: Roger Penrose, Bonnie Greer

Biography

Andrew Copson is Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of Humanists International, the global umbrella body for atheist, humanist, sceptic and secularist organisations. Copson appears regularly on BBC News defending secular values. He writes for The Guardian and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.