Meetup : London Meetup, 24th March: Steelmanning

A fortnightly meetup in the Shakespeare's Head pub by Holborn tube station. We meet every other Sunday at 2pm. Everyone is welcome.

We also have a Google group.

This week's topic is steelmanning. The optional homework is to take an idea/argument that you disapprove of, disagree with, or otherwise dislike, and do your best to strengthen it. We'll report on these at some point during the meeting.

Aside from that, discussion topics might include techniques to use for steelmanning; how to notice if an argument can be steelmanned; impromptu attempts to steelman things brought up in the meeting; and admiration for Yvain, whose blog inspired this theme.

To reiterate: the homework is optional.