{"id":26005,"date":"2024-08-15T11:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/calendar\/?post_type=bulletin&p=26005"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:07:41","slug":"creative-intelligence-2023-24","status":"publish","type":"bulletin","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/calendar\/archives\/bulletin\/creative-intelligence-2023-24","title":{"rendered":"Creative Intelligence 2023-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.<\/p>\nHenri Poincar\u00e9<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Skeptical Odysseys: Through a Glass Darkly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To live honestly requires humble questioning of one\u2019s beliefs. When a person is unwilling to interrogate cherished assumptions and paradigms, stubborn convictions may limit growth and stifle deeper understanding. Yet, skepticism carries risks. Reckless<\/em> doubt can obliterate solid ground and send one spiraling into a black hole of chaos and folly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join our yearlong odyssey through the perils and triumphs of skeptical inquiry \u2014 moments when skepticism and belief collide. Guided by inquisitive leaders in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences \u2014 thinkers who dare to question \u2014 the journey will surely deliver surprises as well as insights. Of that,<\/em> you can be certain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Greg Partain, director of Creative Intelligence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We invite you to recommend guest speakers<\/a> for this year’s Creative Intelligence speaker series. For more information, contact professor Partain<\/a> or the Creative Intelligence program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Creative Intelligence Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Additional speakers will be added as they are confirmed. Specific details regarding attendance at the events \u2014 whether they are in person or virtual, or any specific health protocols \u2014 will be included as they become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sept. 21 and 22: Patrick Davis \u201911<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Academic Convocation and Magic Show<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Based in Manhattan, Transylvania graduate Patrick Davis \u201911 has become one of NYC\u2019s most in-demand magicians. He appears nightly in Speakeasy Magick, an exclusive show featuring New York’s most elite magicians. Additionally, he acts as a magic consultant for both stage and television and is the creator and producer of The Society of Conjurers And Magicians (SCAM), a unique, puzzle-based magical experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of Davis\u2019s Transylvania events will demonstrate and explain how magicians can turn even the skeptical mind against itself.  At Convocation, he will explore the leading role magicians have assumed in applying skeptical inquiry to some of history’s most sensational paranormal hoaxes and frauds. During his Friday evening performance, he will reveal psychological tools that magicians use to fool their audiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n