Hands-on knowledge

This week's Geist Heidelberg topics are wide-ranging. We start with an event: Nobel Prize winner William Phillips offers a show that literally 'shows us' the basic facts about time and the other cool things in the universe. Moving on, anthropologist Johannes Krause looks back in human history to see the future. Jonas Grethlein reports in his very personal book how Homer's Iliad helped him through a difficult time, and Wolf Singer draws a comparison between AI and the intellectual performance of a housefly. He will discuss with Hannah Monyer what is true about this thesis.On Sunday, we end the week with a visit from Peter Sloterdijk, who introduces us to his new masterpiece 'Wer noch kein Grau gedacht hat'. Physics, Anthropology, Literature and Medicine. There really is something for everyone in this wide-ranging program. We are looking forward to your visit!

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