JGWeissman

Following the news that Kim Suozzi has terminal brain cancer and wants to be cryopreserved, many of us have donated to help her out, while others, including me, planned to donate when CI set up a fund to receive donations on her behalf. Now the Society for Venturism has set...

At the end of CFAR's July Rationality Minicamp, we had a party with people from the LW/SIAI/CFAR community in the San Francisco Bay area. During this party, I had a conversation with the girlfriend of a participant in a previous minicamp, who was not signed up for cryonics (her boyfriend...

Less Wrong was created to produce rationalists, so that many causes could benefit from the efforts of those rationalists. The point is not just to have nice place to talk about rationality, but to really make ourselves stronger, to apply the lessons that we learn here to improve our own...

Discussion article for the meetup : Canberra Meetup Saturday November 5th WHEN: 05 November 2011 11:00:00AM (-0700) WHERE: CRISP G015, ANU campus, Canberra ACT 2601 (Posted on behalf of Nikita Samoylov) This is a new meetup. We'll be mostly introducing each other. We'll also play games on cognitive biases. We'll...

Discussion article for the meetup : Orange County Atheist Meetup Thursday September 8 WHEN: 08 September 2011 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 18542 MacArthur Blvd Irvine, CA 92612 Once again we are going adjust the weekly Irvine meetup to join the Orange County Atheists for their September Meetup. The main event starts...

Discussion article for the meetup : Irvine Meetup Wednesday August 31 WHEN: 31 August 2011 06:00:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 4187 Campus Dr, University Center, Irvine, CA 92612 This continues the weekly meetups in Irvine. As always the meetup at the outdoor food court in the University Center near UCI, from 6:00...

Discussion article for the meetup : Irvine Meetup Wednesday August 24 WHEN: 24 August 2011 06:00:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 4187 Campus Dr, University Center, Irvine, CA 92612 This continues the weekly meetups in Irvine. As always the meetup at the outdoor food court in the University Center near UCI, from 6:00...