Silas Barta

The topic for Saturday will be akrasia. Share your techniques for avoiding related issues, like procrastination and ugh fields, that keep you from being the reflectively consistent human you’ve always wanted to be! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People […]

Nothing fancy this time, just chat with your fellow rationalists about what interests you. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and the main activity will begin at 2:30 pm. Please follow in-store signs and

With the eclipse coming up, the theme is astronomy. How much do you know about it, and what knowledge would you like to share on the topic? *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and

Stacia will be guiding us through investigating a claim using the beta version of her new sensemaking platform, Qrio. Please bring a fully charged laptop. Afterwards, she’d love to get your feedback on the experience. Project Qrio provides a system for people to sort through the noise, bridge information gaps, and make sense of the

As a practice in teaching and learning everyday skills, let’s share our “stable recipes”: some meal you prepare yourself without reference to a recipe. What do you like about it, and what allows you to do it without a recipe? Is there are part of it that’s hard to teach to others? *** The meetup

It’s been a while since we did this one! One test of your skill as a rationalist is how seldom you are surprised. In this meetup, we’ll share stories of times when our model did not quite predict something and so we were, in fact surprised. Then we’ll discuss: was that a one-off, or did

This week we’re running a workshop for meetup topic ideas. Unlike our previous brainstorming session, this one is focused on topics that YOU could run during the Saturday meetup. Something from your professional experience, a hobby interest, or something that piqued your fancy. Anything that you think could interest the group and that you’d want

Another check-in on your calibration level! See whether you can estimate values for a 50% confidence interval and be right 50% of the time (hopefully not more or less). Questions will be drawn from Wits and Wagers cards (e.g. “How many cars were registered in the US in 1920?”) *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001

Can you believe it’s coming up on 10 years since its publication? Scott Alexander’s “I can tolerate anything but the outgroup” is regarded as a classic of the blog, and a frequent point of contention with his critics. Let’s discuss the article at the meetup and share what insights you took away. *** The meetup

As announced previous by email, we’ll elect a new committee for deciding member bans at this Saturday’s meetup. To reiterate the rules: 1) You may vote as long as you are willing to serve on the committee (or served on this past one). 2) We will use approval voting, so vote for everyone whom you trust to