Meetup : Madison Monday Meetup

I'll prepare a short talk on the conditions under which expert judgment is good evidence, the conditions in which "experts" will make confident predictions that turn out to be essentially random, and the spaces in between. Beyond learning more about what claims to take seriously, I'm betting that this research can yield advanced techniques for not lying to yourself.

Also, though I don't especially mean to drive the conversation there, I'm sure we'll continue to examine consequentialism. If anybody can clearly describe a more satisfying metaethics than is in, say, Yvain's Consequentialism FAQ -- concisely enough that you can actually explain it during the meetup, with its attendant interruptions -- then I will totally buy you coffee or chocolate. :)

Also, does this koan have the Buddha-nature?