Date: Saturday 13th March 2027
Time: 14:00 GMT
Title: “Schelling Points in the Local Group” – good places to meet the neighbours?
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL_kQ9zdCytwrg8A-DYj_B9tN6Kir8iGVecSbXdCAt80q66g/viewform
About the Event
In a sparsely populated galaxy, game theory suggests that points defined by unique geometry may be attractive places for civilisations (or their AI descendants) to attempt to contact each other. The talk will identify some such points and describe whether they can be observed or visited.
Speaker
David Gahan is a physicist, engineer and tech-entrepreneur, graduating from Imperial College London in 1984 (BSc Physics). He is the co-inventor of the world’s highest temperature commercially available pressure/temperature sensor (1,000 Celsius, fibre-optic based) and has worked in the energy, telecoms, displays, and semiconductors sectors. He has a sideline in classical composition, based on the writings of Charles Darwin