This might be of interest to some Wikipedians in Bangalore. best wishes Shyamal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal https://muscicapa.blogspot.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear All, *CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES* Invites you to a talk on: *Human Knowledge: An Evolutionary Perspective* {INSA Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (Animal Sciences) 2015 Lecture} *Speaker:* Prof. Madhav Gadgil *Day and Date:* Thursday 11th August 2016 *Time:* 5:00 pm *Venue:* CCS Seminar Hall, IISc Tea/Coffee will be served at 4.30 pm All are cordially invited *Abstract:* Life is an information-based, cooperative enterprise, evolving organisms capable of continually handling {1} greater quantities {2} of increasingly more complex information {3} ever more effectively. Social animals have taken this to new heights, with humans surpassing them all thanks to our language abilities, and capacity to elaborate an enormous diversity of memes, ranging over mythologies to scientific knowledge. Knowledge has grown through interplay of seeking after truth, monopolizing knowledge and telling calculated lies; science has succeeded in ensuring its truly progressive evolution by promoting diversity amongst knowledge elements and a regime of selection that ensures objective validity and internal consistency. *-------------------------------------------------Centre for Contemporary StudiesIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012.* *(Near Health Centre).Phone: 91-80-2360 6559, * *2293 2486Chair: Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar* *email: ccs.iisc(a)gmail.com &lt;ccs.iisc(a)gmail.com&gt;* *URL: ces.iisc.ac.in/hpg/ragh/ccs <http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs>*