Come celebrate the Summer Solstice and Irrationalist Day, the one day of the year where you get a free pass to break from rationalist norms! Indulge your tarot cards, horoscopes, handwriting analysis, and whatever else! Bring some food/drink to share and, if you wish, something to indulge your irrationalist tendencies. Doors open 6pm, but feel […]
Irrationalist Day/Summer Solstice Party this Saturday, June 20th Read More »
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Time once again to play the Schelling Game! We’ll take turns announcing a category and then try to pick the member of that category that everyone else did. This game tests your ability to reason about common knowledge and expectations. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look
Cafe Meetup 6/6: The Schelling Game Read More »
Per the ACX announcement, our Spring megameetup is coming up! Date: Saturday, May 30th Time: 12pm-5pm Location: Brewtorium at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 See full event details and RSVP here. Appetizers will be provided. Hope to see you there!
Reminder: LW/ACX Everywhere Meetup is this Saturday (May 30th) Read More »
Time again for discussion of rituals and their role in our lives, both the “daily routine” type and those done as part of a broader community. “Ritual” on LW Concept Portal *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving
Cafe Meetup 5/23: Rituals Read More »
Per the ACX announcement, our Spring megameetup is coming up! Date: Saturday, May 30th Time: 12pm-5pm Location: Brewtorium at 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752 See full event details and RSVP here. Appetizers will be provided.
Austin ACX Everywhere Spring 2026 Megameetup on Saturday May 30th Read More »
It’s time once again for calibration practice! Using a series of numerical estimate questions about the real world, see if you can set a 75% confidence interval on the answers such that the correct answer is your interval 75% of the time, no more, no less. As in previous practices, we’ll draw questions from the
Cafe Meetup 5/16: Calibration practice with Wits and Wagers Read More »
As a way to better get to know each other, we’ll split into groups of 3 and construct Venn Diagrams of the members of that group: where they overlap, and what is unique about each person. Then we’ll rotate groups and share what we learned. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar,
Cafe Meetup 5/9: Getting to know each other via Venn Diagrams Read More »
Time again for group debugging — share what problems you’re running into in life, and see how others can help you, and how you can help others. Also, before we start the debugging session, we’ll have a meeting of the book club for Blindsight by Peter Watts (available here) at 1:30. Feel free to come for that as
Cafe Meetup 5/2: Group Debugging and Blightsight Book Club Read More »
Like with previous years, instead of the cafe meetup, we’ll go to Eeyore’s Birthday, a longtime Austin tradition where folks congregate in Pease Park (sic) for live music, drum circles, and generally just being hippies (Wikipedia page). Please join us! Time: 11am-8pm Location: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury St Be advised: 1) It is not possible to park on
Meetup 4/25: Eeyore’s Birthday Read More »
