This evening I took part in a discussion on Artificial Life, organised by the Science Museum as part of their
Frankenstein Festival, a celebration of 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein.
We arrived early, so had a look round the Science Museum itself first. I was reminiscing about earlier visits, including the Foucault Pendulum, and "cases and cases of beetles" (although that may have been the Natural History museum), when, lo and behold!
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| a pile of Beetles, amongst others |
The museum then closed, clearing out the crowds, before reopening for the evening event. So we went for a walk around South Kensington, looking at some of the magnificent old buildings, and their extensions.
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| the juxtaposition of the new (green glass) and the old (mellow stone) |
Then it was time for me to go and meet the other panellists, and see the venue.
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| the stage is set |
A little later the audience arrived. Once we were seated on the stage, the lights blinded us to them, so we just had a nice chat between us about Artificial Life for an hour, ably encouraged by our moderator. I hope the audience enjoyed it!
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