March 20 - April 24, 2024
Possibilities: What Can We Imagine?
Gainesville First United Methodist Church • 2780 Thompson Bridge Rd Gainesville, GA 30506 Organized by Brenau University
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Six IN-PERSON sessions March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24 Scientists and philosophers have discovered that reality is a product created by the mind to interpret the world. Individuals are raised to believe their perceived reality reflects this world accurately, however much of reality goes unseen. Can a person imagine possibilities that extend beyond perceived reality? Knowing what we know about perceived realities, can a person even imagine something outside these perceived realities? What impediments to imagination are there? In this course we will examine through the lens of philosophy, cognitive neuroscience and sociology what each of us can imagine and how that can change our lives and even, potentially, the entire world. Veteran BULLI instructor Robert Powers has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and biostatistics from the Medical University of South Carolina and Masters of Divinity (Honors) from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Yale College of Medicine, and Gwinnett Technical College. Currently, he is director of research for the College of Health Sciences and Professions at the University of North Georgia. Brandon Powers was Georgia Gwinnett College’s first double-degree student receiving a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor’s of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience. Following college he attended Emory University’s School in Law where he achieved his Master’s specializing in Legal Research. Following working in foreclosures at a large Atlanta law firm he joined Northeast Georgia Medical Center in January of 2020 as a Research Regulatory Specialist, later taking a similar role with the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center where he ensures compliance with governmental regulatory protections for humans subjects research as well as ethical and pharmaceutical sponsor requirements of clinical trial protocols.
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