This Halloween season, we’re putting the crypt in cryptology! Not really, but who could resist that pun? Join us for a look into a steamy cauldron of astrology, cryptology, and steganography with data scientist Dr. Alexander Boxer.
Bartender Keith Dengenis from Dish at the River Inn shakes up a cocktail suitable for a spooky night, his Marrying potion.
Boxer, the author of "A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for our Destiny in Data," dissects the strange and wondrous ways that ancient people made sense of the heavens using astrology as predictive technology. He’ll also takes a look at steganography, its connection to astrology, and how everyone’s favorite code-breaking couple the Friedmans got involved.
According to Boxer, “Steganography is a much more devious craft than conventional cryptography since, while it’s obvious that a text in cipher is concealing a secret message, however difficult it may be to decipher, the object of steganography is to deflect suspicion that there’s any secret at all.” He was joined by the ultimate sceptic Vince Houghton. Is our former historian back from the dead? Nope just visiting!
NOTE: Special shoutout to two certain feline guests in tonight's talk - Elwood and Salty!
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