Bay Area Lesswrong Meet up Sunday May 16
post by LucasSloan · 2010-05-14T05:37:46.850Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 15 commentsNo invitations to Benton House have been forthcoming for the last couple months, so I thought we might do one located in a restaurant somewhere. I would suggest Holder's Country Inn, but if anyone else has any suggestions, I'm more than willing to change venue. I would suggest a meeting time of 7, but that is also amenable to change.
Edit: We're meeting at the Inn. I'll be out front at 7 with a sign saying Less Wrong.
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comment by LucasSloan · 2010-05-17T05:44:41.110Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
A summary of the event:
Three people including myself showed up. We had a decent discussion of the meaning of subjective probability under various conditions, as well as many digressions, into fields such a deconversion and the meaning of worthiness as it applies to fiction. We left the restaurant and went to Benton House where we chatted for about an hour before I left.
Replies from: Academiancomment by orthonormal · 2010-05-16T08:03:31.540Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
If anyone wants a ride from the East Bay, send me a message.
comment by John_Maxwell (John_Maxwell_IV) · 2010-05-14T06:15:05.359Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
You should talk to the Benton people to see if they're interested in hosting another. The Benton place is really nice for them because they don't have to travel anywhere--they are a fairly large group that's short on cars.
comment by AnnaSalamon · 2010-05-14T20:09:10.775Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
We could have one here at Benton this Sunday, or we could go for June 5 so that folks have warning and can plan. My feeling is that the latter would be better. What do you think?
Replies from: orthonormal, LucasSloan↑ comment by orthonormal · 2010-05-15T02:05:14.564Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
ARGH— how do you always know which weekends I'll be out of town? It's been uncanny so far, and if you add June 5th, I'll have missed the last 3 LW meetups before moving away from California.
Is there a reason why that weekend would be preferable to the week before or the week after?
Replies from: AnnaSalamon↑ comment by AnnaSalamon · 2010-05-15T03:39:50.041Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I'll be out of town the weekend before. The week after would work for me; it's just farther away.
↑ comment by LucasSloan · 2010-05-14T21:43:38.562Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Given the fact that those two dates are 3 weeks apart, I don't see any reason why there couldn't be meet-ups on both dates.
Replies from: AnnaSalamon↑ comment by AnnaSalamon · 2010-05-15T00:11:19.738Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Having meet-ups here diverts a lot of time from all 12 or so Benton-ites, Eliezer if he comes, and Michael Vassar if he comes.
Perhaps a net cost of $2k or so in diverted time.
Which isn't to say we shouldn't maybe have more meet-ups; many have suggested we should.
Replies from: John_Maxwell_IV, AlexMennen↑ comment by John_Maxwell (John_Maxwell_IV) · 2010-05-15T08:17:44.190Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Justin Shovelain says everyone takes Saturday off anyway, right? It seems likely that Michael Vassar and Eliezer also benefit from occasional breaks.
Replies from: Kevin↑ comment by AlexMennen · 2010-05-16T21:31:23.202Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Lucas Sloan, I, and one other person will be at the Holder's Country Inn for sure. Anyone else who wants to come can.
comment by AlexMennen · 2010-05-16T21:20:03.647Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I'll be there if this is actually happening. Is it?
comment by orthonormal · 2010-05-14T19:12:10.130Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I'm definitely up for it if there's a reasonable quorum.
Replies from: LucasSloan↑ comment by LucasSloan · 2010-05-14T21:43:09.627Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I and 2 other people will be there.