Tuesday, September 15 | 20:30 | Warszawa screening room
Cinematherapy: Why do we sometimes believe in nonsense? Following the screening of WE BELIEVE IN DINOSAURS, dir. Clayton Brown, Monica Long Ross
Language: Polish
Partner institutions: Sopot Science Association, Filmoterapia.pl
Sometimes, when faced with events beyond our control, like a pandemic, people point to paranormal phenomena as the alleged causes of random occurrences, giving rise to numerous conspiracy theories. One of the topics of our discussion will be clairvoyance. Clairvoyants are individuals capable of reading the omens of future events; how do they do it? We’re going to check whether a quick primer in clairvoyance will bestow such capabilities on our attendees. Who is more likely to win the confrontation between scientists and fake news? Join us and find out.
Guests:
Michał Parzuchowski — social psychologist, University of Gdańsk graduate. Professor at the SWPS University of Sciences and Humanities in Sopot, director of the Sopot Social Cognition Lab.
Tymon Zieliński, PhD — head of the Climate and Ocean Research and Education Unit at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, representative of Eastern and Central Europe in the UN report on the state of the marine environment.
Moderator:
Przemek Rydzewski — co-founder and coordinator of the Tri-City edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity, co-organizer of the Gdynia Literary Prize and its affiliated festival, Miasto Słowa.
