Opinionwise , some club members tend to have no opinions whatsoever while others won't rest 'til they convince everyone. We meet once each week of the regular UCSD academic school year, usually on Tuesday afternoons. Please see our Meeting Information Page or our Calendar of Events Page for more information. Meeting discussion topics range from the Big Bang to the biology of the cell , from giraffe neck evolution to the fossil record , and from artificial intelligence to the nature and meaning of love . Science, philosophy, and history tend to come up a lot in the club, and we've almost always use a whiteboard open so people draw diagrams or just scribble out of frustration.
Religion tends to come up often at the meetings as well.
We try to pick a single topic for each week , although the discussion usually floats around the topic during the meeting. Eventually, hopefully, it returns back to the topic at hand by the end of the meeting. Yes, IDEA has a general information listserve that is open to anyone. Please see our Listserve FAQ page for more information about IDEA's other listserves, and our listserve rules. Part of the reason people come to the club is to listen and learn , not just participate.