I can be, though I'll want to be heading to Seattle around that time. No restrictions on travel really except I'd like to be in LA within two weeks of New Year.
[Link] Rethinking the way colleges teach critical thinking
"Though critical thinking is universally regarded as a pillar of higher education ... results show that students are not developing their critical thinking skills to the extent we expect."
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Meetup : Vancouver Last call for 2012
I'll be in Vancouver for New Year and shortly afterwards - any meetups planned for that time?
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[LINK] AmA by computational neuroscientists behind 'the world's largest functional brain model'
No problem. Sent him a message, hopefully he has time!
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[LINK] AmA by computational neuroscientists behind 'the world's largest functional brain model'
I actually know one of the guys working on it - I could ask him to come over here if you like.
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Meetup : Seattle Meetup: Bayes Theorem Tutorial
Note for following meetups - I'll be in Seattle in early January, would be good to meet some of you!
Not sure for this trip; I'm mostly going West from Detroit, and I'll be back in the States (to NYC) next year but probably not heading to DC. All plans can change however!
The wandering rationalist: an update
As per my original post here, and the more recent one by shokwave here, here's my attempt to nail down some dates for when I'll be in various places (both in the States and elsewhere). All dates are provisional, especially between Colorado and Washington, and my West Coast tour in January.
For the US portion of the trip I've decided to go mostly by bus and train; Greyhound have just discontinued their Discovery Pass (which allows unlimited travel for up to 30 days) but I was able to snag a 15 day one on a special offer for the first half of my trip.
Ann Arbor, MI: Dec 4th
Lansing, MI: Dec 5th
Chicago, IL: Dec 6th
Madison, WI: Dec 7th
Minneapolis, MN: Dec 9th
Kansas City, MO: Dec 12th
Oklahoma City, OK: Dec 13th
Austin, TX: Dec 15th
Laredo, TX: Dec 16th
Oklahoma City, OK: Dec 18th
Denver, CO: Dec 19th
Salt Lake City, UT: Dec 22nd
Kennewick, WA: Dec 23rd
Spokane, WA: Dec 26th
Vancouver, BC: Dec 31st
Seattle, WA: Jan 3rd
Portland, OR: Jan 6th
San Francisco, CA: Jan 10th
Los Angeles, CA: Jan 15th
-- booked flights --
Nadi, Fiji Jan 21st
Auckland, NZ Jan 26th
Sydney, Australia Feb 16th
Singapore Mar 9th
Tokyo, Japan Mar 22nd
Seoul, Korea Apr 21st
London, UK May 7th
Reykjavik, Iceland Jun 8th
New York, NY Jun 13th
In the States portion of my trip, I have accommodation everywhere except: Chicago (where the friends I was expecting to stay with won't actually be there at that time); Kansas City; Austin (though I do believe I was offered a couch in the previous thread); SLC (though I may sleep on the coach and pass straight through on my long trip North if nobody is around); and the West Coast which I'm not worried about yet because it's an entire month away...
So do contact me if you're interested in meeting up and/or hosting me. As I said dates are subject to change if necessary or if I feel like it!
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Australian Rationalist in America
Nice! I'm actually doing something similar in December, bussing though various cities in the States (thread at http://lesswrong.com/lw/e9t/the_wandering_rationalist/) before going, mildly ironically, to Australia. I actually think I'm going to be in Austin around the same time as you, though not for as long. I'll be reposting my message with dates shortly.
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Yes indeed. I thought people here, especially those connected to CFAR, might find it interesting. Critical thinking is only one part of rationality training of course, but its is a very useful one.