Het Denkgelag is a Belgianassociation without lucrative purpose that organises skeptical conferences in Flanders. Het Denkgelag started out in 2012 as a series of discussion evenings of the skeptical organisation SKEPP,[2] but nowadays functions financially and legally independent from SKEPP. The mission of Het Denkgelag is to popularise scientific topics and to promote critical thinking for a broad audience. It has been described as “laid-back discussion evenings on philosophical, skeptical and scientific topics, in an informal atmosphere, with a crowd of interesting speakers and the audience as the central guest”.[1]
The debate "Van aap tot robot. Debat over transhumanisme" ("From Ape to Robot. Debate on Transhumanism") with Kris Verburgh, Pieter Bonte, Philippe van Nedervelde and Martijntje Smits, presented by Brecht Decoene, was held on 27 November 2014 in De Centrale.[1][5][6][7][8]
On 26 January 2015 in the Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (City Theatre of Antwerp, 2000 seats), the documentary The Unbelievers was screened, and the discussion "A Passion for Science and Reason" was held between Richard Dawkins and Lawrence M. Krauss, moderated by Julia Galef.[9][10][11][12][13]
On 12 March 2015 in the Miry Concertzaal, together with TEDx Ghent, Het Denkgelag hosted a series of lectures by Michael Shermer (how science and reason make the word a better place), Hugo Mercier (why people engage in discussions with each other), Carolyn Declerck (why economic interests force people to cooperate), Pieter Buteneers (how artificial intelligence can help disabled people in the future) and a debate on the technological singularity amongst other topics, led by Ruben Mersch.[14]
^Van Giel, Jozef (25 January 2015). "Het Denkgelag: van Aap tot Robot (1)". Kritisch Denken. Episode 217 (in Dutch). Russells Theepot. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^Van Giel, Jozef (1 February 2015). "Het Denkgelag: van Aap tot Robot (2)". Kritisch Denken. Episode 217 (in Dutch). Russells Theepot. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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