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24.9 miles away in San Francisco, CA96 HumanistsMeet, Greet & Eat
Thursday 6:00 PMat M Cafe in San Francisco, CACome and meet your fellow Humanists for a sandwich, coffee, some wine or a beer at the M Cafe in SoMA.… Read moreWho's attending?
2 attendingIf you are interested in establishing an active Humanist organization in San Francisco, please join this Meetup. As meetings and events are organized, you will be invited. We envision discussions, speakers, social activities and events to work for a better world. For those who may not be familiar with humanism, below is the Humanist Manifesto III, which describes what many Humanists believe. HUMANISM AND ITS ASPIRATIONS Humanist Manifesto II Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life t …
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13 miles away in Burlingame, CA35 Members
Black Swan Discussion Night
Sunday 6:00 PMThis week we will discuss Chapters 3 - 5 of The Black Swan book. … Read moreWho's attending?
2 attendingEngage in lively discussion and debate around Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan Theory, which states that: - There is a disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology - It is difficult to compute the probability of such rare events using scientific methods (due to the nature of small probabilities), and - There is a psychological headwind that makes people individually and collectively blin …
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