Metaphysics, aristotle says quote, in fact, the thing that is been sought both anciently and now and always and is always perplexing is what is being . Does this question apply to the being that is asking to us . If so, and it seems so, then to paraphrase aristotle, the inquiry and perplexity and early times and now and always is at this, what is human being . Er our panelists are christopher tollefsen, dissing a professor of Philosophy University of south carolina. Charles rubin, associate professor of political science,e duquesne university, and author of the eclipse of man humanion extinction and the meaning of progress. Adam keiper of the ethics and Public Policy center, editor of the new atlantis. Christopher. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. Unlike most of the panelists so far im not a former student ofo leon kass. So i feel the need to ask permission do i call you leon . Okay. Ou leo but that down. Nevertheless, even though im not a student i did feel a special ki
Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. And hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam. Its my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. Good morning, everyone, thank you to chris for that humbling introduction and thank you all for being here at my Bachelor Party. I think we might set Virginia State record for the largest Bachelor Party in all of state history. Its about to get a little crazy in here. Talking about robert e. Lee at the battle of antietam. Even before last years symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that allowed us to quote think outside of the box. And the topic that i propose is the one that im proposing or presenting to you now, robert e. Lee at
On monday the total Solar Eclipse. It will be the 27th one hes observed in person, by far the most of anyone alive today. Mr. Reboundenberg, for the view ers out there who will be witnessing this total Solar Eclipse for first time, whats your favorite moment of the tot al Solar Eclipse and what are you looking forward to on monday donald well what happens as the First Contact or the first bite of the sun is, taken out by the moon, is the air begins to cool, the sky begins to darken. And what happens when the second contact occurs or the onset of totality, i am always impressed because from early times people have been able to make calculations predicting where this and when this Solar Eclipse will occur. So its a remarkable its remarkable that the mathematics and geography now fit together in such a way that the precise spot on the earth, where you can see the eclipse, is known well in advance. So that is impressive. Then the corona shows up and thats a beautiful sight, a blue white ag
On monday the total Solar Eclipse. It will be the 27th one hes observed in person, by far the most of anyone alive today. Mr. Reboundenberg, for the view ers out there who will be witnessing this total Solar Eclipse for first time, whats your favorite moment of the tot al Solar Eclipse and what are you looking forward to on monday donald well what happens as the First Contact or the first bite of the sun is, taken out by the moon, is the air begins to cool, the sky begins to darken. And what happens when the second contact occurs or the onset of totality, i am always impressed because from early times people have been able to make calculations predicting where this and when this Solar Eclipse will occur. So its a remarkable its remarkable that the mathematics and geography now fit together in such a way that the precise spot on the earth, where you can see the eclipse, is known well in advance. So that is impressive. Then the corona shows up and thats a beautiful sight, a blue white ag
And thats saying a lot. Hes also been at nasa since 1979 and he knows what nasa is all about. Jim. Thank you very much. [applause] i think we have a wonderful International Panel this morning and i will introduce each of our Panel Members. The first one is sayyid and sayyid is part of the Strategic Planning team to mars and his duty is to make the uvs journey to mars will be sustainable, leaving an everlasting effect. He is also the cofounder of a Youtube Channel that aims at making science and Technology Accessible to our use in that area. That has been quite successful. Site. [applause] next, the on he works at the Mission Operations for Integration Center of Human Spaceflight Technology director in japan. He received his degree in the Space Systems engineering special design of an intelligent controller or an economist walking robot under a microgravity environment. He is currently in charge of the japanese human and nonhuman expiration as the main lead in the Architectural Design o