Might we find a small group of persons interested to begin a discussion group, salon, or café in Petaluma that focuses on science & philosophy rather than on politics?
My own interest is on the natural transition from geochemistry to the origins of life, as addressed by (for example) Nick Lane, as well as the transition from simplest life to mind & consciousness, as addressed by biosemiotics, & (for example) Jesper Hoffmeyer.
Earl Herr