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Comment by LoudFarts on Meetup : First Salt Lake City Meetup: 22 January 2012 03:00PM · 2012-01-24T23:42:07.699Z · LW · GW

"I don't want a LW meetup having anything to do with Mormonism..."

Weak. It would be a good chance to discuss the proper use of priors, belief in belief, and curiosity stoppers - key LW themes. Those would help the group advance along more fruitful lines of communication.

Comment by LoudFarts on Welcome to Less Wrong! · 2011-12-28T07:43:13.147Z · LW · GW

Newsome FTW!

Comment by LoudFarts on Meetup : Any Salt Lake City residents who might be interested in a meetup? · 2011-12-13T04:00:40.610Z · LW · GW

r_claypool provided some good links in that thread that addressed those issues. Additionally Lydia and Tim McGrew have penned a number of posts and papers dealing with the issues you raise.

I actually think that the topic could prove fruitful at a gathering in Salt Lake. Apply Bayesian principles and also discuss topics such as "belief in belief" and "fake explanations" prior to engaging the topic of Bayesian Mormon Apologetics.