After you left we did indeed discuss plans for the next meetup, and it was suggested that Skylar host the next one somewhere in College Station. (Sorry to put so much public pressure on you Skylar) This location would be easier to get to for Dallas and Houston LWers, and not bad for the Waco and Austin members.
The currently planned date is 5/14 (three weeks).
No worries NMJablonski, I am unflappable. Your high expectations make me soar, http://splicd.com/i-T1h7J0R-Q/95/100 etc. You want to do this on a Friday or Saturday? Also I will get the group picture uploaded today and you can edit it into the post. It would also be cool to get the raw transcript from Silas up. I bet there are a lot of Texan Lesswrongians who would come if they knew we talk about Dwarf Fortress, Bitcoin monetary policy, and interstellar colonization pressures, all over delicious Indian food.
The meetup was a great success! I showed up slightly after noon, we eventually grew to 7 people, lost a few during the afternoon, went out to dinner, and then I finally left at 7 pm.
There was a lot of talking. It's amazing how much time one can spend sharing ideas. Silas kept a list of the conversation topics we touched on, but the two meta-topics were what positive things Less Wrong has done for us and what interesting project we're working on. There were many tangents along the way, but relatively few things where we needed to stop and say "ok, let's shelve this topic and move back to X."
One of the things we did not do (by the time I left) was pick a time for the next meetup. Did that issue get raised after I left? 5-7 would be two weeks from now but is a somewhat awkward day for me; doable, but I would prefer the 4-30 (one week from now) or 5-14 (three weeks). On 5-21 I will be hanging from Yggsdrasil and thus unlikely to attend.
I also found the sheer amount of talking incredible. As NMJablonski points out, we settled on the three week date here in College Station to avoid a meeting during finals. Also, it would be 5-14 if we did it on another Saturday. Do you guys want to do a Friday? I don't have class or obligations. I suspect you two are just not using a calendar.
You did a really good job on your first post. This post is also very good at what it sets out to do, that is, pool some of LW's and OB's best ideas on a topic (disagreement) into a few quick nuggets of wisdom. I would prefer more in text citation to previous articles that outline why this course of action is ideal. Good job!
Isnt the secret power of Rationality that it can stand up to review? Religious cults are able to demand extreme loyalty because the people are not presented alternatives and are not able to question the view they are handed. One of our strengths seems to be in discernment and argumentation which naturally leads to fractious in-fighting. What would we call "withholding criticism for the Greater Good"?
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Anything new on the plans for the College Station/Weekend of the 14th meetup?
I think we are settled on the 14th and I decided to go to Blue Baker, a little sandwich chain that is near other kinds of food that we can vote on. We need a time and confirmation of the date.