I recently visited a festival of philosophy and music, , on London鈥檚 Hampstead Heath. I hadn鈥檛 been before, but I was chairing an event on 鈥淎dventures in Space鈥�, with astrophysicists Avi Loeb and Matt O鈥橠owd and philosopher Carol Cleland on my panel.
They were brilliant 鈥� there were some great clashes between Loeb and O鈥橠owd about the search for aliens, while Cleland was thought-provoking on Homo sapiens鈥榮 (sometimes destructive) drive to find the next thing.
There was much more on offer, too, as sessions (pictured above) spanned everything from quantum computing, run by physicist Jessica Wade, to black hole researcher Marika Taylor on what AI can do for science. And when my brain needed a rest, there were all sorts of musicians to enjoy.
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It was lovely to be in such a beautiful place, surrounded by curious people out to expand their minds at the weekend. I will definitely be coming back next year.
All the talks from the recent London Howthelightgetsin festival can be watched on IAI.TV. For more details and information about early bird tickets to next year鈥檚 festivals, head over to their . The Hay-on-Wye Howthelightgetsin festival will be taking place from 23-26 May 2025, with London dates yet to be announced.
