– Alexis Pfannenstiel<\/p>\n
The writer is a student in Comm 240 News Reporting.<\/p>\n
The 50th Science Caf\u00e9 will be hosted and celebrated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the Fort Hays State University Robbins Center with special guest Chris Mooney.<\/p>\n
Science Caf\u00e9s were started in the Hays community seven years ago with help from Hays High School teacher Cheryl Shepard Adams and Paul Adams, Anschutz endowed professor of Education at FHSU.<\/p>\n
\u201cCheryl worked with public representatives to try and get these informative caf\u00e9s started in Hays,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThe Science and Mathematics Institute (at FHSU) put her ideas into action.\u201d<\/p>\n
The whole reason behind starting these discussions was to inform people in the community on timely scientific topics, ranging from wind energy, politics, and weather, all the way to evolution and honey and bees, Adams said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not only students and staff who benefit from this,\u201d he said. \u201cThese discussions are intended for the entire public to learn more about scientific events happening in our everyday lives. We usually have a core of 10 people who come to all the cafes; the others vary depending on the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adams said is anxious to hear Mooney speak again.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe spoke quite a few years ago at another caf\u00e9 of ours about his book \u2018Storm World,\u2019 but that\u2019s the last time I\u2019ve heard him speak,” Adams said. \u201cI\u2019m especially excited about his talk . . . Wednesday evening, \u2018The Science of Why We Don\u2019t Believe Science.\u2019 This discussion will support the reasons of why we even do science caf\u00e9s in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mooney is a noted scientist journalist and author of numerous books, two of which are \u201cThe Battle over Global Warming\u201d and \u201cUnscientific America.\u201d During Wednesday night\u2019s discussion, however, Mooney will describe his findings from his last three years of reporting on the role of psychological factors in promoting science denial. He will discuss the broad range of science and how different personality traits process information in different ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cChris is in very high demand nationally,\u201d Adams said. \u201cWe are lucky to get him here to talk about a topic that he is so passionate about. The information he will be providing us with will be intriguing to many.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Office of the Provost is sponsoring this event, with the FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute providing the program. Students, staff, faculty and community members are welcome free of charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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