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| Meetup handouts – Seattle
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2010-12-11 – What is the meaning of human life? |
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2011-01-15 – What is knowledge? |
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Structure of knowledge (figure from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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2011-02-12 – What is a mind? Part 1 |
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2011-03-19 – What is a mind? Part 2 |
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Scale reductionism and extensionism (figures from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2011-04-23 – How do we develop ethical principles? |
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World map (figure not posted online) |
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2011-05-14 – Why are humans so cruel to each other? |
No handouts |
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2011-06-11 – Do we have freewill? |
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Continuous reality (figures from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Scale reductionism and extensionism (figures from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2011-07-09 |
No meeting (Meetup no longer allows deleting a page after the scheduled meeting date.) |
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2011-08-20 – How can society best foster prosperity? |
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2011-10-29 – What is the reason for democracy? |
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2011-11-19 – Why did America have a civil war? |
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2012-01-28 – What is the meaning of human life? |
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2012-04-28 – What should Lincoln have said in his inaugural address? |
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What should Lincoln have said in his inaugural address – agenda |
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See handouts from 2011-11-19 meeting |
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Commentary on Dred Scott ruling (excerpt from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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Lincoln hypothetical inaugural address (excerpt from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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2012-05-26 – Would a secession article in the constitution have prevented secession? |
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See handouts from 2012-04-28 meeting |
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Session article (excerpt from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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2012-06-30 – How can direct democracy solve the notorious problem of special interest groups? |
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See handout on the core defect in representative democracy at my initiative website |
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Notes on initiative process not posted online |
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2012-07-07 – What is the best calendar design? |
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Calendar cycle relative to season cycle (figure from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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Decimal calendar with American holidays (figure from book In Pursuit not posted online) |
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Time zone map (figure not posted online) |
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2012-08-11 – Do we have freewill? |
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2012-09-15 – What is happiness and how do we get it? |
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2012-10-27 – Why are good people divided by politics and religion? |
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Why are good people divided by politics and religion – agenda |
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Why are good people divided by politics and religion – ch. summaries (not posted online) |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Decision-making (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2012-11-10 – What is beauty? |
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2013-01-12 – What is the best strategy for preventing mass murders? |
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What is the best strategy for preventing mass murders? – agenda and discussion |
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2013-02-23 – What is marriage? Part 1 |
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What is marriage – Girgis, Anderson, George chapter summaries |
World map (figure not posted online) |
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2013-03-30 – What is marriage? Part 2 |
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Handouts from last meeting |
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2013-06-22 – Can you be blamed for your beliefs? |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2013-07-13 – Is love worth its costs? |
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2013-08-17 – Why doesn't reason always work? Part 1 |
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2013-10-05 – Should you trust your conscience? |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Decision-making (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2013-11-02 – Why doesn't reason always work? Part 2 |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2013-12-14 – How does our mind work? |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Decision-making (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2014-01-11 – Can we control our mind? |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Decision-making (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2014-02-08 – Is atheism just another religion? |
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2014-03-08 – Why do people believe in God? |
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Why is western religion a version of Zoroastrianism? – agenda |
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2014-04-19 – How do we get objective knowledge? |
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An axiomatic proof of freewill (unpublished paper not posted online) |
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2014-05-24 – Is reality deterministic? |
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2014-06-21 – Do we have freewill? |
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An axiomatic proof of freewill (unpublished paper not posted online) |
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Excerpts on entropy from Sean Carroll, From Eternity to Here (2010), p. 36-37, 146-147, 155, 161 (not posted online) |
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2014-07-26 – What are the voliltional processes of the mind? |
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Components of a mind (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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Decision-making (figure from book Human Life not posted online) |
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2014-08-09 – Why is western religion a version of Zoroastrianism? |
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Why is western religion a version of Zoroastrianism? – agenda |
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Excerpt from In Pursuit, p. 240-249 (not posted online) |
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World map (figure not posted online) |
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2014-09-06 – Why did the United States nearly disintegrate in 1801? |
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Why did the United States nearly disintegrate in 1801? – agenda |
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Excerpts from Bruce Ackerman, The Failure of the Founding Fathers (2005), p. 3-7, 40-45, 59-65, 89-95, 101-108 (not posted online) |
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Excerpt from In Pursuit, unpublished commentary on Ackerman (not posted online) |
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World map (figure not posted online) |
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2014-10-11 – How should we elect the presidsent? |
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How should we elect the President of the United States? (unpublished paper not posted online) |
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Excerpt from In Pursuit, unpublished figures 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4 (not posted online) |
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2014-11-15 – What is the reason for government? |
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2014-12-15 – Why is skill the key to understanding human nature? |
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Why is skill the key to understanding human nature? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-01-17 – Where do we get our goals? |
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Where do we get our goals? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-02-14 – Where do we get ethical values? |
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Where do we get ethical values? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-03-14 – Is sexual promiscuity genetically endowed? |
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2015-04-04 – Where do we get our sexual preferences? |
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Where do we get our sexual preferences? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-05-30 – How can we change our sexual orientation? |
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2015-06-13 – Is our free speech getting killed? |
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2015-07-11 – What is the mechanism for learning a sexual orientation? |
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What is the mechanism for learning a sexual orientation? – agenda |
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2015-08-22 – What is personality? |
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Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-09-19 – What does it mean to be smart? |
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What does it mean to be smart? – agenda Why is skill the key to understanding human nature? Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2015-10-10 – How will America's withdrawal affect world history? |
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How will America's withdrawal affect world history? – agenda |
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2015-11-07 – Is this the world that America made? |
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2015-12-05 – How should the civilized world counter Islamic militants? |
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How should the civilized world counter Islamic militants? – agenda |
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2016-01-16 – Are Islamic clerics cowards? |
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2016-02-13 – Should Islam be protected by amendment 1? |
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2016-03-19 – Is Donald Trump another Andrew Jackson? |
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2016-05-28 – Will the Republican Party survive the 2016 election? |
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Will the Republican Party survive the 2016 election? – agenda History of the major political parties (not posted online) |
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2016-06-18 – What is the intellectual key to persuasion? |
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What is the intellectual key to persuasion? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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2016-07-16 – How much is our effort to persuade egoistic vs. altruistic? |
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How much is our effort to persuade egoistic vs. altruistic? – agenda Figures from book Human Life (not posted online) |
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