Reading Time: 2 minutesAnil Seth's 2024 Charles Simonyi Lecture explores consciousness as a brain's predictive mechanism, emphasizing its significance in understanding human perception and psychiatric disorders. He argues that consciousness relates more to life than intelligence and discusses implications for AI and ethics, robustly outlining its importance across various fields for societal decision-making.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe all know the story of the Little Mermaid – Ariel yearns to explore the world beyond the sea and strikes a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, trading her beautiful voice for human legs. Ariel spends time with the young prince Eric on land, they fall in love, blah blah blah. The plot thickens as a cunning plan to sabotage occurs, and many incidents ensue. Ultimately, Ariel achieves her happy ending and Ursula unfortunately bites the dust. It’s the classic “good guys always win and bad guys always lose” trope.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDom Joly, the amazing English comedian and writer best known for the multi-award-winning prankster TV series Trigger Happy Show, has once again struck genius with his new stage performance – Dom Joly – The Conspiracy Tour.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA thought-provoking story where personal lives and politics are inextricable intertwined Angels in America: Millenium Approaches, by Tony Kushner, is a two-part play brought about by the Happier Year Productions in the Oxford Playhouse. This play follows…