Pregame Your Brain: The Science of Star Wars
Where: Caveat
21 Clinton St.
212-228-2100 Price: Tickets: Free with advance RSVP, or $5 at the door
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This week – The Science of Star Wars, Hosted by INVERSE
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! We all know Luke Skywalker won the day by rejecting technology and basically turning off his Google maps app while he was in the Death Star Trench, but real life science and technology in Star Wars is lit. From daring and noiseless hyperspace jumps, to Porg evolution, to the psychology of why we even like these movies so much, Inverse will explore the science side of the Force.
Inverse — your weird internet destination where science and science fiction skip and hold hands
Featured presentations:
How the Nostalgia Star Wars Controls Our Weak Minds
In the original Star Wars, Obi-Wan says the Force has a strong influence on the “weak-minded.” But what about Star Wars itself? George Lucas famously used Jungian psychology to get people amped about the characters but what does that mean now? And what will it mean in the future? Will we always be psychological pre-determined to love Star Wars stuff, or is it turning into a nerdy variety of Stockholm Syndrome?
From Puffins to Porgs: The Real-Life Biology Behind Star Wars Creatures
An actually scientific, completely overanalyzed dive into the science of each animal from Star Wars.
Holdo Onto Your Butts for Hyperspace Ramming
Star Wars doesn’t always play by the rules when it comes to science, but the most spectacular scene in the whole saga is totally plausible. Sure, when Vice Admiral Holdo uses the hyperdrive to ram a Resistance ship through Supreme Leader Snoke’s Dreadnought, it looks cool as heck and it moves the plot right along. Surprisingly, real-world physics tell us this daring gambit also makes scientific sense.
Sci Fri Selfie Booth
The Star Wars universe is all about the light side vs. the dark side, but what about scientifically accurate side vs. the “nope, totally not plausible” side? Step into the SciFri selfie booth and see how well you know your Star Wars science with Science Friday Digital producer Johanna Mayer and Events Manager Rachel Bouton.
About Pregame Your Brain:
Get some post-work drinks in your face, and some brand new knowledge in your brain! At Caveat’s weekly happy hour science fair, several stations of experts on the week’s theme will be set up around the bar – grab a drink and choose your own adventure. Each expert has a 10 minute speed-lesson, so you can get the basics or go deep. Each week features experts on a different topic, so come back next week for all-new stuff!
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