Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

0 Alexander230 20 September 2016 07:33PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

WHEN: 28 September 2016 07:40:00PM (+0300)

WHERE: Moscow, B.Dorogomilovskaya, 5-2

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

  • Zendo: table game with guessing the rules about items placement on the table.

Game rules: https://goo.gl/RW2Fx7

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

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

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.

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

Meetup : Role playing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

0 Alexander230 06 September 2016 07:33PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Role playing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

WHEN: 17 September 2016 03:00:00PM (+0300)

WHERE: Большая Дорогомиловская, 5к2

Welcome to our custom made role playing game "Hogwarts and methods of rationality", inspired by HPMOR story! It will be intellectual role playing game with rationality-based minigames. You can read more detailed announce and description here: https://goo.gl/3vGLUn

Discussion article for the meetup : Role playing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

Meetup : Moscow LW meetup in "Nauchka" library

0 Alexander230 22 August 2016 08:50PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Moscow LW meetup in "Nauchka" library

WHEN: 09 September 2016 07:50:00PM (+0300)

WHERE: Москва, ул. Дубининская, 20

Welcome to the next Moscow LW meetup in "Nauchka" library!

Our plan:

Meetup schedule is here: https://lesswrong-ru.hackpad.com/-9-2016-5YTwkfG7DdF

Come to "Nauchka", ul.Dubininskaya, 20. Entrance through the Central children library #14. Nearest metro station is Paveletskaya. Map is here: http://nauchka.ru/contact-information/ . If you are lost, call Sasha at +7-905-527-30-82.

Meetup begins at 19:50, the length is 2 hours.

Discussion article for the meetup : Moscow LW meetup in "Nauchka" library

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

0 Alexander230 17 August 2016 06:39PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

WHEN: 24 August 2016 07:40:00PM (+0300)

WHERE: Moscow, B.Dorogomilovskaya, 5-2

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

  • Zendo: table game with guessing the rules about items placement on the table.

Game rules: https://goo.gl/RW2Fx7

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

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

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.

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos

Comment author: Pimgd 25 July 2016 11:52:31AM *  0 points [-]

Card 29 has a typo. "hte game of hide and go seek". So does card 32: " had been debunked adn proven false"

Comment author: Alexander230 25 July 2016 08:01:14PM *  0 points [-]

Thank you, I will fix it and update in the workshop.

UPD: fixed, updated all links to the new version.

Comment author: Crux 24 July 2016 12:10:37PM 0 points [-]

I now see what you mean by fallacies being X (errors in argumentation) and cognitive biases Y (errors in thinking).

However, you're using an idiosyncratic definition of the word "reasoning", and I would advise you to update your understanding so you reduce the chance of confusing more people in the future. "Reasoning" in many cases refers to internal thinking, as you can see explained here.

Comment author: Alexander230 24 July 2016 07:30:59PM 1 point [-]

Ok, thank you.

Comment author: Crux 23 July 2016 03:29:03AM 0 points [-]

What's the difference? I don't see a distinction between the phrases "faulty reasoning" and "mistake in thinking".

Comment author: Alexander230 24 July 2016 08:51:07AM 0 points [-]

Reasoning is when you tell your arguments to another person. Thinking is when you make decisions for yourself.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 21 July 2016 08:17:18PM 0 points [-]

Great bias cards!

Comment author: Alexander230 21 July 2016 08:27:55PM 0 points [-]

They are fallacy cards. Fallacy can be explained as "faulty reasoning" or "bad argument", and cognitive bias is "mistake in thinking". They have many similarities and intersections, though.

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Tower of Chaos, Training game

0 Alexander230 21 July 2016 10:35AM

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Tower of Chaos, Training game

WHEN: 27 July 2016 07:40:00PM (+0300)

WHERE: Moscow, B.Dorogomilovskaya, 5-2

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

  • Training Game Party: all players try to train the subject to guess and make some action without words, using only positive reinforcement.

Game rules: https://goo.gl/mNT7J3

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.

Discussion article for the meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Tower of Chaos, Training game

Fallacymania: party game where you notice fallacies in arguments

4 Alexander230 21 July 2016 09:34AM

Fallacymania is a game developed by Moscow LessWrong community. Main goals of this game is to help people notice fallacies in arguments, and of course to have fun. The game requires 3-20 players (recommended 4-12), and some materials: printed A3 sheets with fallacies (5-10 sheets), card deck with fallacies (you can cut one A3 sheet into cards, or print stickers and put them to common playing cards), pens and empty sheets, and 1 card deck of any type with at least 50 cards (optional, for counting guessing attempts). Rules of the game are explained here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzyKVqP6n3hKQWNzV3lWRTYtRzg

This is the sheet of fallacies, you can download it and print on A3 or A2 sheet of paper:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzyKVqP6n3hKVEZSUjJFajZ2OTA

Also you can use this sheet to create playing cards for debaters.

When we created this game, we used these online articles and artwork about fallacies:

http://obraz.io/ru/posters/poster_view/1/?back_link=%2Fru%2F&lang=en&arrow=right
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/e95/the_noncentral_fallacy_the_worst_argument_in_the/

Also I've made electronic version of Fallacymania for Tabletop Simulator (in Steam Workshop):

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=723941480

 

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