Center for Inquiry | Michigan
Have you ever met a person who left you wondering, "How could someone be so twisted? So evil?" Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley will take you inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand. Using cutting-edge neuroscientific and genetic discoveries in molecular research, Oakley provides startling support for the idea that "evil" people act the way they do mainly as the result of genetic dysfunction.
Join us tomorrow evening for this engaging presentation and learn more about Evil Genes!
$6 suggested donation or Free for Friends of the Center
Full details are available at www.cfimichigan.org About the Speaker:
Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. has been dubbed a female Indiana Jones — her writing combines worldwide adventure with solid research expertise. Among other adventures, she has worked as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea, served as radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and rose from private to regular army captain in the U.S. Army. Currently Oakley is an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University. She is a recent vice president of the world's largest bioengineering society, and holds a doctorate in the integrative discipline of systems engineering. Her new book is Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hilter Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend.
When:
Wednesday Feb 13, 2008
at 7:00 PM
Where::
Women’s City Club - Lower Meeting Room
254 Fulton Street E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
United States
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