Philosophy Club, Friday, 9/26, NO MEETING

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The Philosophy Club meets Friday afternoons at Lake Miona Recreation Center in The Villages, FL.  Meetings start promptly at 4:00PM and end at 5:30PM. Presenters usually speak for 25 to 45 minutes, followed by a Discussion Period where the Leader and Audience Members ask Questions and express their Opinions, and the Presenter replies.

COMING ATTRACTIONS:

Friday,    9/26         NO MEETING            Facility Closed For Maintenance

Friday,    10/3         Phil Caminez       "Firearms, Who Owns Them and Why?"

Friday,    10/10       Howard Marsh     "Humor"

Friday,     10/17      Jim Laurent          "Should We Clone Neanderthals?"

Now that we have a Neanderthal genome, what do we do with it? An examination of the essence of humanity. An overview of the technologies for cloning and the ethics involved.

Friday,     10/24      Mike DeVita        "Apollo 1 Fire, Impact On The Manned Space Program"

Friday,     10/31     Drake Shepard    "How The Alphabet Was Formed"

Noah Webster of dictionary fame will come alive and tell us how each letter of the alphabet evolved physically and sound-wise from their inception thousands of years ago. Plus he will detail how these letters were printed on paper and how our language has been transformed over the ages.

WANT TO BE A PRESENTER ?: Send us the short Title of your proposed talk, along with a descriptive paragraph or two describing the Subject of your Talk, your Interests and Qualifications to present it, and why we should be interested. Send your proposal to our Leader, Bob Brooke (bnbrooke @aol.com) [Google Groups discourages me from entering a clickable email address. So, to reach Bob by email remove the space between bnbrooke and @]