Meetup : Durham NC meetup: Defense Against the Dumb Arts

Or, "On interacting with people who are not aspiring rationalists."

Relevant reading includes:

The Fundamental Attribution Error/Correspondence Bias and Typical Mind Fallacy

Philosophical Landmines - On dealing with "the dangerous leftovers of past memetic wars".

Memetic Tribalism - Is arguing or trying to convince them of something instrumentally worth the investment?

More further reading in the RTLW group archive: http://groups.google.com/group/rtlw

Schedule:
7:00 Catching up; acquisition of beverages
7:30 Discussion
9:00 Egression and/or digression

And if this all is not incentive enough, there will probably be pie in honor of the day!