There will also probably be HPMOR discussion.

Coordinates are: 40.109545,-88.227318 Meetup will be held in the Courtyard Cafe in the Illini Union, on the ground floor, at 2PM.

Discussion will be on pages 140-210 of Thinking Fast and Slow.

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Coordinates are: 40.109545,-88.227318 Meetup will be held in the Courtyard Cafe in the Illini Union, on the ground floor, at 2PM.

Discussion will be on pages 70-140 of Thinking Fast and Slow.

We will probably also discuss the raven paradox after having a week to think about it and read outside opinions, because we were unsatisfied with our response to it last time.

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Coordinates are: 40.109545,-88.227318 Meetup will be held in the Courtyard Cafe in the Illini Union, on the ground floor, at 2PM.

Discussion will be about the first 70 pages of Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. Up to but not including "Norms, Surprises, and Causes."

If you don't have it, googling "Thinking Fast and Slow PDF" could help you find t' booty yer lookin' for, if ye be a swashbucklin' scallywag.

There will also be cookies.

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What tricks do marketers, politicians, and others use to exploit human biases, and how can we counter them? Things we might talk about include (but are not limited to): anchoring cognitive ease differentiation and distinctiveness appearance heuristics social heuristics systems 1 and 2

Moving meetups inside because it's getting cold out. Coordinates are +40° 6' 34.38", -88° 13' 37.92"

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Meetup will be held here at 2pm Sunday October 20.

Topics we might discuss include (but are not limited to):

Pascal's mugging and pascal's wager

Newcomb's problem The ultimate Newcomb's problem

acausal trade

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This will be held at the same benches as the Löbstacle meetup, here: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=40.111220,+-88.227363

Topics we might discuss: What is the correct metaethics? (Or what is a useful metaethics)? Moral realism, moral antirealism, Eliezer Yudkowsky's metaethics. Population ethics: the repugnant conclusion, average vs aggregate utilitarianism, spheres of infinite utility How to do good in the world: effective altruism, how can you pick the best charity?

If we get bored of that, I will have games as a backup.

Moving to the North Lounge because last time the South Lounge was unexpectedly scheduled for a private event, but the North Lounge is (as far as I know) always public. I will have Wits and Wagers, Zendo, and Pandemic. Cross posted on the mailing list.

Meetup topic will again be determined by popular consensus at the actual meetup. I will have Zendo, Wits and Wagers (with cards that can be used independently for calibration games), and Pandemic, a cooperative strategy board game. Cross posted on the mailing list.