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bahfest mit bahfest homepage submit a hypothesis select page bahfest mit 2019 bahfest is a celebration of well argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect scientific theory our brave speakers present their bad theories in front of a live audience and a panel of judges with real science credentials who together determine who takes home the coveted bahfest trophy and eternal glory of course bahfest returns to mit in conjunction with mit lecture series committee and cambridge science festival on sunday march 31st at kresge auditorium tickets are on sale now host and judges ben lillie host ben lillie is a high energy particle physicist who left the ivory tower for the wilds of new york s theater district he has a b a in physics from reed college a ph d in theoretical physics from stanford university and a certificate in improv comedy from the upright citizens brigade theater he is the founder of caveat an event space dedicated to intellectual nightlife opening soon he is also co founder of the story collider where people are invited to tell stories of their personal experience of science is a moth storyslam champion and was a writer and contributing editor for ted com john mcwhorter keynote john mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university teaching linguistics western civilization and music history he has written extensively on issues related to linguistics race and other topics for time the new york times cnn the wall street journal the atlantic the new republic and elsewhere and is a contributing editor for the atlantic he was senior fellow at the manhattan institute from 2002 until 2010 he is the author of the power of babel doing our own thing our magnificent bastard tongue the language hoax words on the move talking back talking black losing the race and twelve other books including three academic monographs and two academic article anthologies the teaching company has released five of his audiovisual courses he spoke at the ted conference in 2013 and 2016 hosts the lexicon valley language podcast at slate and has appeared regularly on bloggingheads tv since 2006 rosemary mosco judge rosemary is a nature cartoonist and author her webcomic bird and moon explores the funny and gross attributes of birds and other critters she co wrote the new york times best seller the atlas obscura explorer s guide for the world s most adventurous kid and wrote the graphic novel solar system our place in space she writes nature articles and comics for audubon and other outlets her favorite amphibian is the paradoxical frog ben tolkin judge ben tolkin is the winner of bahfest east 2018 other than that he doesn t have any particularly interesting degrees publications or achievements but when it comes to fake science he is exactly as qualified as everyone else john urschel judge john urschel is a mathematician and retired professional national football league nfl player urschel attended pennsylvania state university where he played football and received his bachelor s in mathematics while at penn state he was awarded the william v campbell trophy known as the academic heisman in 2014 urschel was drafted by the baltimore ravens in the fifth round and played three years in the nfl urschel has bachelor s and master s degrees in mathematics from penn state and is currently pursuing a ph d in mathematics from the massachusetts institute of technology mit in his program at mit urschel is focusing on spectral graph theory numerical linear algebra and machine learning last year urschel was named to forbes 30 under 30 list of outstanding young scientists deborah blum judge deborah blum a pulitzer prize winning science writer is director of the knight science journalism program at mit she is the author of six books including last year s new york times notable book the poison squad and has written for publications ranging from the new york times to wired to time to the boston globe she is a past president of the national association of science writers us a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science and a life time associate of the national academy of sciences michael anderson presenter michael anderson got a 5 on his biology ap exam after achieving enlightenment he left the petty details of science to others and became a first amendment lawyer after work he talks to spoken word audiences in ways they don t allow in federal court next to his wife and son michael loves george orwell the queen s gambit in chess and the first three clash albums james propp presenter jim propp is a professor at umass lowell he enjoys doing research teaching blogging and tweeting about mathematics his blog mathematical enchantments is at http mathenchant wordpress com and he tweets jimpropp jim and his wife are midway through a long term experiment converting two single cell organisms into fully functioning humans eli rose and lucy weltner presenters eli rose lives in cambridge and works as a software engineer in edtech he thinks of himself as part of the effective altruist movement and enjoys literature math and music with lyrics that you can yell lucy weltner is a math tutor nature educator and amateur youtube music reviewer living in cambridge ma in her spare time she enjoys birdwatching mushroom foraging reading writing short stories and seeking validation from internet strangers sarah hird presenter sarah m hird is an assistant professor in the molecular and cell biology department at the university of connecticut she is an evolutionary biologist and is fascinated by the microorganisms that live on and in macroorganisms her greatest accomplishments are her three degrees two kids and one bahfest trophy her favorite bird is the yellow billed magpie her favorite food is tex mex and her favorite book is a toss up between beloved by toni morrison and the harry potter heptad by j k rowling you can find her on twitter at sarahmhird gretchen mcculloch presenter gretchen mcculloch is an internet linguist and author of the book because internet understanding the new rules of language coming out july 23 from riverhead she s also the resident linguist at wired and cohost of lingthusiasm a podcast that s enthusiastic about linguistics she lives in montreal but also on the internet jerry wang presenter though he has fewer bahfest wins than ben tolkin fewer nyt best sellers than rosemary mosco fewer pulitzers than deborah blum and fewer math publications than retired nfl legend john urschel jerry does have something not held by any member of this year s esteemed judge panel a master s thesis autographed by retired nfl legend john urschel facebook twitter google rss designed by elegant themes powered by wordpress