shifts in perspective
there is another way
Under the heading “shifts in perspective”, we – the Wittenstein Foundation – consciously seek to tread new paths with the aim of interesting, motivating and inspiring as many people as possible. In contrast to the critical, rational, objective and strictly logical approach that is otherwise the norm, this series of events offers a variety of artistic possibilities enabling diverse perspectives – and resulting in enormous constructive potential.
second event:
when your brain
plays tricks on you
(C) Gerald Huber
Thomas Fraps: Graduate Physicist and Magician
The secend “shifts in perspective” event will take place on June 13, 2024.
Amazing illusions or just a bag of psychological tricks? Especially in times of digital sensory overload, the human brain often finds it difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. Magician Thomas Fraps will take advantage of this simple truth to playfully and humorously turn the laws of nature upside down before our very eyes. Along the way, we will learn how fraudsters, counterfeiters and impostors are able to deceive even experts and why knowledge is not necessarily any guarantee against deception.
Topic: When your brain plays tricks on you – why knowledge is no guarantee against deception
Speaker: Thomas Fraps, Graduate Physicist and Magician
Register here now.
first event:
flash of light or
total blackout?
Vince Ebert: Comedian, keynote speaker and TV host
The first event in the Wittenstein Foundation’s new “shifts in perspective” series took place on November 16, 2023 at the Great Kursaal in Bad Mergentheim.
We were delighted to welcome Vince Ebert, the physicist and comedian who has been thrilling audiences of 1000+ with his stand-up shows for 20 years now. He is best known for his long-standing role as host of “Wissen vor Acht”, the German prime-time science show on ARD television.
In the keynote on his SPIEGEL bestseller “Lichtblick statt Blackout” (Flash of light or total blackout?), everything revolves around the never-ending bad news on global warming, the energy crisis, the threat of blackouts and inflation. The impending apocalypse is a perennial topic. We’re desperate to save ourselves – if not the whole world – with more sustainability, more energy turnaround and less growth. But is it really five minutes to midnight? Or just twelve minutes to five? And how is Germany actually preparing for the future in the first place? Are we doing the wrong things for the right reasons? Or must traditional ways of thinking be completely overturned? Vince Ebert is convinced that our country’s most important resource is in our minds. Instead of anxiety about the future, appeals to “do without” and the rhetoric of doom, we need more courage, more openness to new technologies and more enthusiasm for progress.
Find here our press release.