Dazed and Confused: Divided We Laugh

Comic Lexa Graham presents a series of hilariously half-baked PowerPoints, while CBC's Anthony Morgan and researcher Aviva Philipp-Muller correct her most egregious errors.

Then it's your turn! If it turned out, most food had spiders in it, would you wanna know? Health Canada starts recommending eating dirt - do you do it? Should we sit or stand to wipe our butt?

Pick your side (anonymously) and convince others to join your side by catching our mic (don't worry, it's meant to be thrown) or just listen to all the hot takes (we get it, safety in numbers). But the twist? If someone from the other side surprises you or makes you laugh, you gotta join the other side.

Expect to laugh, be surprised, and leave seeing the news, your feed, and your own certainty a little differently.

Come if you're burned out by the noise and the AI slop. Come if you've lost faith in the algorithm, the headline, or the hot take. Or just come if you want to have a good time! This event is perfect for date night, meeting new people, a fun friend hang, or for those looking for something novel to do in Toronto.

You've been lied to. And so has everyone you disagree with.

We live in a world engineered for outrage. Algorithms, advertisers, and political operatives have spent billions studying your brain just to exploit it – and it's working on all of us.

So what can we do about it? Disagree, laugh, repeat.

Join RCIScience for an interactive night of picking sides and making cases — no expertise required, just an opinion and a sense of humour. Hosting the chaos: CBC’s Anthony Morgan (co-host of The Nature of Things), comedian Lexa Graham, and Dr. Aviva Philipp-Muller, whose research on stubborn, hard-to-shift beliefs has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.

No outside food or drink are permitted. Concessions and drinks are available for purchase at the venue.

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Info: Funny questions, audience participation and some Slideshow Karaoke. Then the voting on some weird and silly questions begin.

Info: Grab a drink, meet someone new, and try a question from the Freestyle Socials card game.

Info: More Slideshow Karaoke, more surprisingly fun questions and more chances to see how other people see the world.

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The Parkdale Hall, 1605 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada

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