Based on feedback from the recent poll, people found the current voting procedures to be too cumbersome. We’re going to try to return to the format we used before the pandemic, where people watch the movie beforehand and meet up at a public place to discuss the movie. The next movie will be nominated and […]
We’ve put it off for a while, but it’s finally time: We’ll practice the Double Crux technique of disagreement resolution. In this technique, you try to find some fact that, if you could be convinced of it, you’d change your mind (or at least would be a significant blow to you view). To make it
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We’ve had low participation in movie discussion nights the past few months, if you have any thoughts on whether movie discussion night should continue or have any ideas for how to improve movie discussion night please fill out this quick survey: https://forms.gle/HgsTfsVTJRkS6BWV7 Thanks!
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As you might know, I went to retreat this weekend for organizers of LW/ACX/rationality meetups and got to compare notes with our counterparts in cities all over the world. I’ll present what I learned, and we can share our thoughts on what the group is doing right, and what can still improve. *** The meetup
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We will be watching Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) together this month! No one volunteered to host a watch party so we will be watching the film separately and getting together to discuss it on Discord this Friday at 7pm. What: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) When: Friday, July 29th, 2022, at 7:00 pm Where:
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What would a rationalist meetup be without some discussion of the Trolley Problem (where you decide whether to divert a trolley to hit a bystander in order to protect more people on the track)? We’ll use this as a chance to explore its many variants, inspired by the Absurd Trolley Problems site. Note: I won’t
Cafe Meetup 7/23: Trolley problems! Read More »
The votes are in and we will be watching Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) together this month! Please submit a response to this form if you are interested in hosting this month’s movie night. If no one is willing to host we will meet virtually. The form submission window will close on Sunday July 24th
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For this meetup, we’ll do another article for discussion: in this case, SSC’s A Failure, But Not of Prediction, from April 2020, which is a review of experts’ advice in the early stages of Covid, and what they got wrong, even their domain knowledge was solid. It expands into a discussion of how to make
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Nominations are in and voting for the next movie has begun! Vote here: https://strawpoll.com/polls/2ayLWjJA3Z4 The voting for the next movie will close at 8AM on Sunday, July 17th, at which point we will all have a few weeks to watch the movie before the discussion meeting is held. Looking forward to watching more cool movies
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With all the bad news coming in, is there anything going right? Don’t wait until November; use this chance to share what you’re thankful for right now. This is also your permission to give praise to others for what you appreciate about them. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the
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