Less Wrong / ACX Budapest March 15th Meetup
post by Richard Horvath, Timothy Underwood (timothy-underwood-1) · 2025-03-08T19:22:48.944Z · ? · GW · 0 commentsContents
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Dear Friends who Have Ascended the Mountains of Rationalism,
Our next meetup will be Saturday, March 15th from 1-4 pm at my apartment:
66/B/1 Ulloi Ut
6th floor, door 3
Ring 27
This meetup coincides with the Hungarian National Day, commemorating the 1848 Revolution – one of Hungary's many celebrated military defeats (but perhaps all of them were spiritual victories?)
For this session, we'll be discuss genetic engineering and intelligence enhancement:
"How to Make Superbabies" [LW · GW]contends that creating babies far smarter than present humans is far more achievable than many believe.
"Statistical Challenges with Making Super-IQ Babies" [LW · GW]is a much shorter response that argues for significant practical limitations.
As a bonus topic: "Why I Don't Believe in the Placebo Effect," [LW · GW] which says there is no placebo effect.
I look forward to a lively discussion where we go around in circles but still have fun thoughtfully examine these contrasting perspectives.
Hope to see many of you there!
Best regards,
Tim
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