We'll be meeting to tell each other stories! Ideally, come with a story from your life (doesn't have to be about anything in particular) that you want to tell other people.

For help getting into the building, please call (or text, with a likely-somewhat-slower response rate): 301-458-0764.

Format:

We meet and start hanging out at 6:15, but don’t officially start doing the meetup topic until 6:45-7 to accommodate stragglers. Usually there is a food order that goes out before we start the meetup topic.

About these meetups:

The mission of the SF LessWrong meetup is to provide a fun, low-key social space with some structured interaction, where new and non-new community members can mingle and have interesting conversations. Everyone is welcome.

We explicitly encourage people to split off from the main conversation or diverge from the topic if that would be more fun for them (moving side conversations into a separate part of the space if appropriate). Meetup topics are here as a tool to facilitate fun interaction, and we certainly don’t want them to inhibit it.

We will be meeting in the courtyard to chat about tools people use to get information from one place to another, both in the past and in the present.

Upcoming meetups:

• Oct. 30: Halloween Party
• Nov. 6: Fun & Games

Hello all,

new month, new LW meeting. After the nice meeting last month we had an idea of discussing cognitive biases in conspiracy texts. As always everyone is encouraged to suggest own topics or articles.

Welcome to Moscow LW community makeshift games! In that games, some rationality skills are involved, so you can practise while you playing!

• FallacyMania: it is a game where you guess logical fallacies in arguments, or practise using logical fallacies yourself (depending on team in which you will be).

Details about the game: http://goo.gl/BtRVhB

• Tower of Chaos: funny game with guessing the rules of human placement on a Twister mat.

Game rules: https://goo.gl/u9qgc3

• Scientific Discovery: challenging table game with guessing the rules about items placement on the table.

Come to antikafe "Kocherga", ul.B.Dorogomilovskaya, 5-2. The map is here: http://kocherga-club.ru/#contacts . Nearest metro station is Kievskaya. If you are lost, call Sasha at +7-905-527-30-82.

Games begin at 19:40, the length is 3.5 hours.

Last week, we had only enough time for an intro to TAPs. This week, we will dive into mental contrasting, in a workshop held by David_Kristoffersson.

Ever had a valuable goal that you knew you could do, yet you somehow didn’t feel motivated to follow through with it?

Enter mental contrasting. Mental contrasting “translates cerebral thoughts of success into concrete emotions of motivation”. It combines naturally with TAPs (implementation intentions).

Bring a bugs list, or a goal you want to achieve -- a goal you haven’t had consistent motivation for.

The meetup is at a KTH academic building and the room is on the 5th floor, two stairs up. If you want to influence future meetup times, fill out this poll.

Every winter, people across the US East Coast (and beyond!) travel to New York City, to celebrate humanity's triumph against the darkness. Come to sing songs, to connect with people from the rationality and secular communities, and (this particular year), to hear the complete story of smallpox, from its earliest appearances to its eventual eradication, and more. (Note: To pay for the venue, tickets are available at www.secularsolstice.com)

There seem to be quite a few new Rationality interested people in Zürich now. Come and meet us! No program.

This month's Social Meetup is on as usual!

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2092157011008864/

Social Meetups are casual get-togethers held on the third Friday of each month. They are informal events where we sit around and chat over a few drinks and a meal.

Where? The Bull & Bear Tavern, 347 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

When? Friday 21st October, starting from 6:30pm. Feel free to arrive later on!

Dinner? The B&B serves reasonable pub food, and we will usually share a couple of bowls of wedges or similar. A few of us typically go for a late dinner after we leave the B&B - usually at Father's Office, which offers late night dining at half price.

Contact? Any issues or questions, contact Richard on 0421231789

Hope to see you there!

Meeting is on 4th floor of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Permit parking designations do not apply on weekends, so park pretty much wherever you want.