Hundreds of people anxiously awaited one of the high points of the congress, the staging of three internationally renowned Spaniards: Punset, Arsuaga and Pérez Mercader. Experts in different fields each have focused their presentation on their specialty, with a silent audience attentive to each of the speakers.
The first to intervene was the Harvard professor and member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Juan Pérez Mercader, who has briefly but clearly reviewed the evolution of the universe, the origin of life and galaxies. Even reaching the future of space exploration with an educational video about the MSL Curiosity spacecraft that will travel to Mars and that has Spanish participation.
Astrophysics has given way to paleontology with the intervention of Juan Luis Arsuaga, who without the help of any kind of powerpoint presentation has explained “what we are, where we come from and where we are goingAnd it is that according to his own words the imagination and the word are the most developed technologies, for that reason it is not necessary any type of powerpoint to explain the development of the humans.
As Arsuaga explained to a surprised audience, “I don’t think we’re coming from the monkey, and Darwin didn’t think so either“to later explain fervently that” we are monkeys! .. but very particular monkeys “and that”we are the result of a long evolutionary journey“Finally, speaking of the future, Arsuaga pointed out that the question we must ask ourselves is not” where are we going “but” what are we going to do “, since technology is also important in the evolution of the human being.
The last speaker of this session has been the long-awaited and always mediatic Eduardo Punset. The regular contributor to Muy Interesante has put all his power of attraction on stage to explain where we come from and what makes us different from other animals. In this regard, Punset has stated that “we are different because of the ability to enjoy and exchange information through social networks“.
He has also emphasized the capacity of emotions, noting that “for the first time in history we can try to get people to better manage their emotions.” And is that for Punset success depends largely on these emotions explaining that “you can not go around the world thinking that they do not count for anything”. In addition, the popularizer has explained the importance of the brain in evolution, pointing out that “maintaining constant intellectual activity in the brain is the way to enhance the interneuronal connection.”
Three luxury speakers who have not left the audience indifferent, who has dismissed the three with loud applause of satisfaction.
