As usual, this is a static copy of the canonical details, available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1667702333459781/

We'll meet at Platform 5 cafe, opposite Haymarket station, at 2pm. At 3:45pm we'll be at The Melville, a couple of minutes walk away. If you don't know who we are, we'll make ourselves recognisable with Bayes' Theorem in big letters!

http://www.platform5-edinburgh.co.uk/ 8 Clifton Terrace Edinburgh EH12 5DR

http://www.themelvillebar.com/ 19 - 25 William Street Edinburgh EH3 7NG

This time our agenda will be:

1 - Brief intros, and any rational wins or fails over the last month

2 - A Fermi estimation game

3 - Discussion of Part H of the Rationality book, chapters 81 to 86. This section is, "Against Doublethink", and it's a relatively short one :-)

As usual, this note is a mirror of the canonical meetup note, which is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1694401560778891/

But at the time of posting, these are the details:

The September meetup will be on Sunday the thirteenth, in Glasgow. We'll start at 2pm at the Nero opposite Queen Street Station, and then move around the corner to Waxy O'Connors at 3:30pm.

This month's rough agenda is:

1 - Intros. What's the most (or least!) rational thing you did in the last month?

2 - A short Fermi estimation intro and game

3 - Discussion of part G of the Rationality book, "Against Rationalization", which is chapters 67 to 80.

We'll try to cover that in the cafe before moving to Waxy's. In Waxy's, we talk about whatever takes our fancy!

Locations: Cafe Nero - 1a Dundas Street, Glasgow G1 2AH Waxy O'Connor's - 44 W George St, Glasgow G2 1DH

The two are 30s walk apart.

As usual, this note is a mirror of the canonical meetup note, which is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/862671740491601/

But at the time of posting, these are the details:

The August meetup will be on the ninth, in Edinburgh. We'll start at two at the Clock Cafe, on Dalry Street (http://www.clockdiner.co.uk/). At three thirty we'll move to The Haymarket, a few minutes walk away on West Maitland Street (http://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/haymarketedinburgh/).

On the agenda for this month will be - at least - this:

1 - Intros. What's the most (or least!) rational thing you did in the last month?

2 - A short Fermi estimation intro and game, by me

3 - Discussion of the next chunk of the Rationality book. That will be the interlude ("The Simple Truth"), the intro to Book II ("Rationality: an Introduction"), and then Part E ("Overly Convenient Excuses"), which is chapters 46 to 56.

Also, please note that the venues for this meetup are closer to Haymarket station than they are to Waverley station.

This time we'll be talking about section D ("Mysterious Answers") of the rationality book, plus trying a slightly different format!

As usual, please pass this on to anyone who might be interested.

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This post is effectively a mirror. The definitive version is here:

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The location may change if someone suggests another place, but it will be within a few minutes walk of Waverley station.

This time we'll be discussing the next section of the Rationality book. It's section C, Noticing Confusion.

This time I will do something on Fermi estimation, since I have to deliver a talk on it before the meeting! However, I'm not sure if it will be as good as our discussion on the length of a piece of string last time!

As usual, please pass this on to anyone who might be interested.

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We're going to meet in Edinburgh this time! I don't know the layout of the venue, but we'll be recognisable by books, stuffed owls, signs with Bayes' theorem on them, or some other LW trope.

We're starting a read-through of EY's "Rationality: From AI to Zombies." So this time we'll be discussing Book 1 - that's sections A to D.

Then we'll go on to whatever is on people's mind. Sometimes that's world domination, sometimes it isn't...

Hope to see some new faces then!

After a successful trial meetup (five people!) in November, this will be the first meetup of 2015.

We don't have a definite plan yet, but we had some suggested activities last time - rationality games or show-and-tell style talks on what techniques we like. I think bentarm may volunteer!