The science of Fate: why your future is more predictable than you think

with Hannah Critchlow / chaired by Tania Meyer

Are we really the masters of our destiny? Or is our future hardwired in our brain? In her engrossing and illuminating book, Cambridge neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow argues that our behaviours have been shaped and honed by biochemistry, neurobiology and
psychology, by natural selection and evolution, and that we have much less free will than we think. Drawing vividly from every day examples, The Science of Fate is a fascinating voyage into the depths of the human brain.

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Hannah Critchlow is the Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and has been named a Top 100 UK Scientist by the Science Council for her work in science communication. Mentioned by Nature magazine as a rising star in the life sciences in 2019, she is listed as one of the University of Cambridge's 'inspirational and successful women in science'. The Science of Fate: Why Your Future is More Predictable Than You Think is her first book.

Tania Meyer is a producer, educator and science communicator with a passion for discussing ethical issues. Her time is spent, interviewing great minds, producing digital content and reading popular science, biographies and philosophy. She loves nothing more than a robust discussion, preferably on a white sandy beach.

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Sat 29 Feb, 3:45pm

WHERE

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
East Stage

DURATION

1 hr

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For the podcast of this session click here.

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Wheelchair accessible
Auslan interpreted

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