Instructions for Using This Page
Each of the sections of this web page links to a resource that will help to remind you of this first module of our Science, Philosophy and Spirituality course. Just click on the section, and you will be linked to the resource. Six of the Sections are items that were shown or discussed in the session. One is a link to the article that summarises the argument made in the session, and that was sent to you in an email following the session. Two are links to additional video clips that relate to the limitations of human visual perception. Finally, clicking on the picture above these instructions will link to an earlier article about stories that I wrote in 2020.
When you are reading an article from my website online, blocks of text in bold coloured type that make reference to an external source are “clickable”. If you click on them, you will be taken to the resource to which they refer.
Enjoy!
By the way. If the session piqued your interest in stories, and you would like to read more about them, you can enter the word “Stories” in the Search box above “Recent Posts” in the top right of this screen. That will open up pages and pages of links to articles or books on the subject. Have fun exploring.
PDF of the slides shown in the session. In view of the feedback received on the 2nd of November, the “Bring and Buy” section was withdrawn for use on a future occasion, and slight alterations were made to the running order of the slides. Links to the two videos shown are not included in this file, but are included as separate sections of this web page.
Article
Link to my article, “The Significance of Stories”, which outlines the argument that was made during the session. It was sent out to participants after the session.
Video Link
This section links to the video of Jonathan Gottschall discussing his book, “The Storytelling Animal”.
Video Link
This section links to the video of Michael Patrick Lynch, Professor of Phlosophy at the University of Connecticut. He is discussing “how to see past your own perspective and find truth”.
Bonus Video Link.
Watch this short video about a card trick from start to end. It will show you another aspect of the perceptual idiosyncrasies of our brains.
Bonus Video Link
Apparently, there is an annual competition to find the best new optical illusion. In this short video, the Artist, Victoria Skye, demonstrates her 1917 entry, which came second in the competition.
Link to Course Home Page
Click this link to return to the Home Page for Season 1 of the Shepway and District u3a Science, Philosophy and Spirituality programme.
