Science and Philosophy Book Club

Do you have spare books lying around your home? Do you want to read new interesting books for free while socializing with interesting people? This is the event for you.

We will enjoy nice drinks and snacks together at a beautiful lounge bar in London. You can bring your books and exchange them with whoever has the books you want to read. Since this is a Science and Philosophy book club, it would be great for you to bring non-fiction books that are insightful and thought-provoking. If you want to bring fiction books that are scientifically or philosophically insightful, feel free to bring those as well.

Since it is a social event, I encourage everyone to make deep meaningful conversations and make new friends. You can come alone or bring your friends with you. If you come alone, there is no need to be shy or scared. I will welcome you and introduce you to cool interesting people to speak with. Also feel free to come even if you forget to bring any books.

Do you want to meet new people in a relaxing chill atmosphere surrounded by new books? Do you dislike loud and smelly places like pubs and clubs? This is the event for you.

Science and Philosophy Book Club is creating a new kind of meetup where people who love books and knowledge can meet new friends in a big book shop. We will explore around different sections of the book shop together as a group while making interesting conversations with each other. We will go to both fiction and non-fiction areas.

If you feel shy and feel nervous to come alone, I will make sure you will feel comfortable and accomodate to your needs. I will help introduce you to others so you can go over the barrier of anxiety when approaching a new person.

We will meet on the first floor of Underbelly Boulevard Soho at 6 p.m. It is an amazing classy bar with 1970s vibes. We will wait for everyone to show up while getting some drinks and socializing. At 7 p.m we will head to the Waterstones book store in Piccadilly Circus. After we explore the book store, we will come back to Underbelly Boulevard and stay there for the rest of the night.

In this event, we will discuss about a science or philosophy book chosen by London Science and Philosophy Book Club. The attendees will be divided into groups and each of them will focus on a chapter in the book. This month we will discuss about a fascinating book called The Mind Is Flat: The Illusion Of Mental Depth And The Improvised Mind. If you haven't read the book, it's no problem. I will bring you up to speed with the discussion materials.

We will meet in a nice lounge area at 6 p.m for introductions. Please come on time so you will not miss out on valuable discussion midway. If you end up in the waitlist, feel free to show up.

Book Description:
We all like to think we have a hidden inner life. Most of us assume that our beliefs and desires arise from the murky depths of our minds, and, if only we could work out how to access this mysterious world, we could truly understand ourselves. For more than a century, psychologists and psychiatrists have struggled to discover what lies below our mental surface.

In The Mind Is Flat, pre-eminent behavioural scientist Nick Chater reveals that this entire enterprise is utterly misguided. Drawing on startling new research in neuroscience, behavioural psychology and perception, he shows that we have no hidden depths to plumb, and unconscious thought is a myth. Instead, we generate our ideas, motives and thoughts in the moment. This revelation explains many of the quirks of human behaviour - for example why our supposedly firm political beliefs, personal preferences and even our romantic attractions are routinely proven to be inconsistent and changeable.

As the reader discovers, through mind-bending visual examples and counterintuitive experiments, we are all characters of our own creation, constantly improvising our behaviour based on our past experiences. And, as Chater shows us, recognising this can be liberating.

Agenda:
6 p.m to 6:30 p.m: Introduction and Socializing
6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m: Book Discussion
8:30 p.m to late night: Drinks, Dinner or Feel free to go home.

Do you want to meet new people in a relaxing chill atmosphere in museum bookstores? Do you dislike loud and smelly places like pubs and clubs? This is the event for you.

Science and Philosophy Book Club is creating a new kind of meetup where people who love books and knowledge can meet new friends in a museum. We will explore around different museum bookstores together as a group while making interesting conversations with each other.

If you feel shy and feel nervous to come alone, I will make sure you will feel comfortable and accommodate to your needs. I will help introduce you to others so you can go over the barrier of anxiety when approaching a new person.

We will meet in the hotel lounge at 100 Queens Gate Hotel at 3 p.m. We will wait for everyone to show up while getting some drinks and socializing. At 4 p.m we will start walking to the museums in South Kensington such as V&A museum, Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. We will explore the various book stores they have together. After we explore, we will come back to the hotel lounge and stay there for the rest of the evening.

Additionally, this event requires £3 donation per person to cover for the venue booking. You can pay them in person via cash or card.