Brainwash Festival

1/3

Come to Brainwash Festival, the largest thinking festival in the Netherlands and Belgium! On Sunday 27 October, more than 100 groundbreaking philosophers, scientists, theatre makers and writers will come together at Leidseplein in Amsterdam. Get ready for an unforgettable festival journey where doubt is celebrated! With Dan Ariely, Venki Ramakrishnan, Grace Blakeley, Cat Bohannon, Becca Rothfeld and many more!

Brainwash Festival

Location

Paradiso

Weteringschans 6-8

1017 SG Amsterdam

Show in Google Maps

One festival at different locations

Brainwash Festival will talk place at Melkweg, Paradiso, De Balie, the Kring and Theater Bellevue.

Exploring the limits of reason

Although the French Enlightenment philosopher René Descartes only placed his trust in radical doubt, there seems to be no room for doubt in our current society. Who are you? What do you stand for? What do you believe in?

A clear answer is constantly expected to all these questions. A rock-solid belief in your own truth and right. But what do 'right' and 'truth' still mean in times of artifical intelligence, controlling algorithms, screaming politicians and incomprehensible technological developments?

At Brainwash Festival we explore the boundaries of reason, present radical proposals that turn your worldview upside down, celebrate contradictions and make you doubt everything you thought you knew for sure.