Does Intuition Influence Our Conscious State?

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Saturday, 28 February @ 1:00 PM > 3:00 PM

This month’s debate/discussion will be hosted by Julie Tasker.

Do you appreciate your own intuitive abilities?
How might you develop your intuition to improve your life experiences?

Intuition is the ability to understand or know something instinctively, without conscious reasoning or needing an explanation. What does that mean in everyday life?

Often, intuition is called a “gut feeling”. Most people will know they’ve experienced a “gut feeling” at some time in their life – perhaps you have felt that something was wrong but didn’t know what; and then you heard of something adverse that’s just happened, or someone rings or contacts you in some way that confirms your earlier feelings. These intuitive feelings could also be something positive, though this isn’t generally talked about as often in our society.

Unfortunately, life tends to have closed down your intuition, such as through much of our education system and other life approaches. Thus, the potential considerable benefits of developing your intuition tend not to usually be emphasised in our daily lives.

Yet we can all develop our natural intuitions which is where we are aiming in the presentation which will include some tools to develop intuitions, and also discussion to share people’s previous experiences and during / after the different intuitive exercises.

Please attend with an open mind, and share your thoughts respectfully knowing that everyone has had different experiences and may have different beliefs.

As usual, this event is free of charge, and it will only cost you the price of a drink from the venue (non-alcoholic beverages are available).

Chris

The Hop Merchant, Nottingham

64-68 Upper Parliament Street
Nottingham, NG1 2AG United Kingdom
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What is Consciousness?

Saturday, 22 November, 2025 @ 1:00 PM > 3:00 PM

Few things define human experience quite like consciousness, and yet it remains one of life’s great mysteries. Where does it come from? How did it evolve? Is it unique to humans — or even real at all? Philosophers and scientists have debated these questions for centuries, and while we’ve gained insights, definitive answers remain elusive. With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, new questions are only multiplying.

Consciousness shapes our moral intuitions and forces us to question the nature of reality itself. In this talk, Robin Carling will guide us through the mainstream theories — with a glimpse of the fringe — before opening the floor to debate one of today’s most pressing issues: could AI ever be conscious?

So join us for an interesting debate/talk. Once again, can I ask that everyone buys at least one drink from the bar downstairs (non-alcoholic included) as this event is free. As always, please be cordial and allow everyone to have an opinion.

Look forward to debating with everyone.

Chris

The Hop Merchant, Nottingham

64-68 Upper Parliament Street
Nottingham, NG1 2AG United Kingdom
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