Topic: A God's Eye View of the
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 18:30
ISCAST friends might be interested in the Melbourne special screening of a film documenting the life of an extraordinary man. Hull's autobiography, Touching the Rock (1990), was described by Oliver Sacks as “Staggering. The most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read. It is, to my mind, a masterpiece.”
Date: Wednesday 26th April, 6.30pm
Venue: Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton Vic.
Film: Notes on Blindness, with a special introduction by Jan Dale, Prof. John Hull's sister.
Tickets: Online ticketing here
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 18:00
This talk at Melbourne University about the brain–machine interface might be of interest to ISCAST members. (ISCAST fellow Graeme Clark was a pioneer with his bionic ear.) The field is rife with ethical, philosophical, and theological issues as the human capacity to blur the lines between body and machine increases.
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Monday, April 24, 2017 - 19:30
ISCAST member Ian Barns is participating in a conversation with Jonathan Cornford (Director of Mann Gum: Enough for All) about his new book, Coming Back to Earth.
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Saturday, April 1, 2017 - 14:00
Friends of A Rocha Australia event Date: Saturday 1st April, 2017. 2pm - 9pm Location: Wills Track, Baynton, Vic. Our friends at A Rocha Australia have an event on April 1 that may interest those interested in creation care, sustainability, and conservation.
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Saturday, March 25, 2017 - 10:00
Centre for Public Christianity Melbourne Event
Topic: Public Christianity for a Post-Christian World
Speakers: Amy Orr-Ewing, John Dickson, Justine Toh, Barney Zwartz and Simon Smart.
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Saturday, February 25, 2017 - 19:00
Date: Saturday 25th February, 2017. 7pm
Topic: Is the brain just a computer made of meat? What neuroscience says about who we are.
Speaker: A/Prof. Alan Gijsbers
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 19:30
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