CODI: Einstein’s Ghost and Happiness!

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: debate, discussion & discourse with Scotland's fiercest intellects.

Top academics, dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison. Benjamin Giblin (The University of Edinburgh) was told that studying astronomy would be fun, but he now has Einstein’s ghost sleeping on his couch and has discovered that the Universe is dark and terrifying. And psychologist Dr Caroline Brett (The University of Edinburgh) asks what is "happiness", and does it mean the same thing for everyone? Why are some people bright and sunny while others are more dreich?