Be there and be square on November 13th!
Doors at 7:00, talks at 8 PM. $5 cover
Mercury Bar, Downtown Honolulu
Nerd Nite #10: Biomes, cussing, and coffee!
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Shawn Steiman: Why does coffee taste that way and other things we don’t know
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Keala Fung: Pacific Crest Trail: a 2,668 mile hike through 6 of the 8 world biomes
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Ben Bergen: What’s makes a four-letter word? (Hint: it’s not four letters.)
Abstract:
What is it that makes a word taboo–what does “shit” have that “shoot” doesn’t? For answers, we’ll turn to history, to social norms, and to the brain.
What is it that makes a word taboo–what does “shit” have that “shoot” doesn’t? For answers, we’ll turn to history, to social norms, and to the brain.
Bio:
Bergen is Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and director of the Language and Cognition Lab at UC San Diego. He swears like Elena Kagan.
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DJ Globes rocks Mercury with appropriately nerdy jams.