Center For Inquiry

I attended a poetry reading here. What a special event it was! I particularly loved the modern interior and exteriors of the building. The room in which the poetry reading was held had a great set up, but it was a little too small to accomodate the number of guests who showed. It was a full house, and they even had to wrestle out some more chairs while one poet was reading, which led to a few distractions for the audience. Oh well! I am looking forward to future events.

C’mon! Feed your brain!!!
THE UP-​SIDE: In a crazy world hell-​bent on following the teachings of myriad invisible men, it’s nice to have an oasis of rational thought to escape to. The Center for Inquiry is just that, and more.
I originally visited the Center for Inquiry during the «Toward a New Enlightenment» World Congress it hosted in 2005. During the conference I got to hang with some of the most intelligent people in the world; including world famous physicists, biologists, philosophers, and more. I was most excited to meet evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, atheist writer Sam Harris, and Ann Druyan (wife of the late Carl Sagan).
In addition to the wonderful events the Center hosts, it also provides countless other resources and services for those interested in Secular Humanism, Atheism, free thought, and the like. The staff are sharp-​minded and personable, and will leave you feeling happy that you turned off your TV in order to do some real «thinking.»
THE DOWN-​SIDE: These are science-​minded people. Thus, they can be a little nerdish and dry at times. However, the intellectual rush you’ll get out of the Center sponsored events makes it all worth it.
THE SUM-​IT-​UP: The Center for Inquiry is a truly wonderful organization. Were I not an atheist, I’d thank God that it existed. Seeing as I am an atheist, I’ll just shut up and think happy (rational!) thoughts.