Nerd Night #46 – Season Opener!
Nerd Nite #46 is happening at WURST on September 19th:
When: Thursday, September 19, 2019 (Doors open at 6:00pm, talks start at 7:00pm)
Where: WURST (2437 4 St SW)
Tickets: $10 plus fees – tickets
This is an 18+ event.
Presentations
Presentation # 1:
Do you really know where you are?
In the age of GPS and Google Earth, it may come as a surprise that the alignment of many international boundaries remains uncertain. This talk will explore the challenges of locating positions on a lumpy planet and highlight some of the geopolitical consequences of imperfect mapmaking.
Martin is a geographer, cartographer and map nerd. He works with governments around the world to resolve territorial disputes and establish clearly-defined and well-managed international boundaries.
Presentation # 2:
Consonance and Dissonance: A Brief Look at the Overtone Series and Math in Music. AKA Why stuff sounds good
Sounds in Music can be wonderful one moment and gut-wrenching painful the next, but what makes sounds good or bad?
Presentation # 3:
Arrow’s Theorem, or why we won’t ever have a good election system
Elections with more than two candidates always produce weird strategic voting; it turns out this can never be fixed. We’ll see why.
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