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November 19, 2007

The 2007 Boyer Lectures

I've begun listening to the 2007 Boyer Lectures on ABC Radio National...this year, Prof. Graeme Clark presents "Restoring The Senses." 

"This year marks the 48th anniversary of the Boyer Lectures. Professor Graeme Clark, creator of the bionic ear, is ABC Radio National's Boyer lecturer for 2007. In this series of six lectures beginning Sunday 11 November at 5pm, Professor Clark draws on decades of experience as a clinician, surgeon and researcher to celebrate our senses. He also tells the compelling story of how the bionic ear was created, and provides an insight into the extraordinary future of bionics."

So far (through the first of the six presentations), the discussion is enlightening and insightful (if leading a bit towards "the complexity of our brains and consciousness means there is a god"), and worth a listen.

If interested, ABC Radio National has archived previous Boyer Lecture series transcripts back to 1997 (it looks like audio archives are available starting in 2004).

Clampants | November 19, 2007 04:26 PM