Stupidity and Intelligence

What if these two concepts weren’t opposites… but simply misplaced? Amid obtuse angles, twisted shortcuts, and spiraling thoughts, this evening will be an opportunity to explore human thought the way we search for a cell signal in a basement: with hope, but without any guarantees. At the intersection of the mind’s great mysteries and the surprises neuroscience has in store for us, come dive into the brain’s most fascinating trait: its ability to shine… and to trip over its own synapses. An invitation to reconsider—with humility and a touch of vertigo—what we sometimes, a bit too hastily, call “intelligence.”

Researchers in attendance:

Angela Sirigu: neuroscientist
Laurent Bègue-Shankland: social psychology researcher
Jean François Dortier: writer and founder of the journals “Sciences humaines”

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