When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence

Name: When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence
Start: 2025-08-10T02:30:00+12:00
Location: Bishop Joyce Centre, 106 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

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Sun, 10 Aug, 2025 at 02:30 am

Bishop Joyce Centre, 106 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch

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Sun, 10 Aug, 2025 at 02:30 am (NZST)

Bishop Joyce Centre, 106 Main South Road, Sockburn

106 Main South Rd, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand, Christchurch

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When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence

When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence
The desire to see yourself as smarter than average—and the fear of looking like you’re not — can be seen from schoolyard taunts to scientific or religious skepticism. Eugenics was one egregious example of how this temptation could lead to seriously wrong science; wrong both morally, and scientifically. What are the roots to this worship of “intelligence”, and what does it tell us about how we evaluate science, faith, and
each other?

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When Science Goes Wrong: The Cult of Intelligence

Sun, 10 Aug, 2025 at 02:30 am