The SF Debate Meetup is an open forum for discussion on the events of our time. We have three goals UNDERSTAND OTHER POINTS OF VIEW With so much news available to us, it is easy to fall into the trap of relying on sources that simply support and reinforce our own limited beliefs. The SF Debate Meetup is a chance for you to expand your perspectives and understanding. We believe that when opinions are discussed in public, extreme views are moderated and common ground is found. DEV …
Engage in lively discussion and debate around Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan Theory, which states that: - There is a disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology - It is difficult to compute the probability of such rare events using scientific methods (due to the nature of small probabilities), and - There is a psychological headwind that makes people individually and collectively blin …
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… Rules of participation: Debate is encouraged. Debate, that is, about ideas. Passion runs hand in hand with intelligence. We would hope that this forum will support both. The focus will always be toward discovery and education. Discussion and debate will help us work toward a generalizable abstraction of the process of evolution. The universe isn't focused on individuals or their egos and fears, neither should this forum. Throw your ideas out there to the group, expect impassioned and critical de …
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This meetup is designed to help understand what HTML5 is and how we can use it now. We'll explore the new elements and have some fun debates about semantic markup. We'll also take a look at the relationship between HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The meetup is great for the technical web designer/developers amongst us, but we encourage anyone to join who wishes to understand HTML5 better.
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This is a group for people who are seriously interested in expanding knowledge in all directions! It is not for everyone. I am only looking for members who have specialized knowledge that they are eager to share and who passionately want to learn about a variety of subjects. Each meetup will be focused around a particular topic and lead by one or more members with knowledge thereof. It will be a mix of lecture, discussion, show and tell, and more. Some topic categories might be: various cultures …
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The final and essential defense of a free society is an independent, open, and aggressive media. Sadly, the dominant corporate media seems to spend most of its time avoiding real news stories, instead dwelling on distractions and methodically undermining the quality of public debate. This discussion/work group will especially focus on 1) exploring and developing alternatives to mainstream media, 2) promoting open, meaningful and non-confrontational discussion and inquiry in our society, and 3 …
This Toastmasters club explores Male/Female communication of all kinds. If you are in ANY relationship (relatives, friends, romance, co-workers, etc) you are invited to learn and share what you know about communicating with the opposite sex.
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An informal philosophy group with discussions focused on readings selected by participating members.
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Semantic Garage is at the cutting edge of semantic and natural language processing. It's where new web companies in the semantic space can showcase live demos and where open discussion and debate about the future and philosophy of semantic technologies emerge.
We are going to be creating the kind of events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all languages and walks of life as possible speakers in panels and even debates between different languages, IDE's, marketing strategies and more. This is going to be THE group to join for information on application development, software engineering, OO, cloud, mobile, enterprise, business intelligence, HTML5, Hadoop, Python, Eclipse, JavaScript, JAVA, Machine Learning, HBASE, Mapre …
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Data Science Global is a non-profit organization dedicated bringing together the world's communities of data scientists, artists, technologists and visionaries. Our mission and group values are: Free dissemination of Data Science Free debate, discussion, and forum of ideas Building a community of Data Scientists Passionate about Data Science We are technology agnostic We are vendor independent We promote Open Source We welcome sponsors as long as they agree not to pitch their products.
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We held the first annual West Coast Community Leadership Summit (CLS West) on January 9th, 2010, at DeVry University in Daly City. Experienced community leaders and organizers met that day to discuss, debate and explore the many avenues of building strong community in an open unconference setting. This group is used to announce future CLS West events. For example, we organize CLS West First Fridays occasionally. These are informal gatherings usually on the first Friday of the month for dinner an …
… We encourage open debate so the group can learn from us and each other. On occasions, “StartUp Product Talks” may be led by a guest speaker or a panel of experts. “StartUp Product Talks” is also a networking function. An opportunity for Product Managers, Strategists, Developers, User Experience, Community Managers, Marketers, etc., to come together to meet, interact, and network. The ideal environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a …
The Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry is a fraternity including men and women of every race, nationality and religion. Wishing to do away with all cause for division and strife, it continually seeks the means which to help all human beings to unite and work together for the perfection of Humanity. This discussion group meets monthly to discuss subjects important to humanity. From philosophy and religion to science, history and politics, this group ponders any subject which helps us to bett …
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How often have you wondered about something in the news and liked to share your views with other folks and wondered what others had to say about it ? How about we combine this with dinner and a glass of wine maybe? We will have a good dinner,talk about issues in the news or issues that matter to all of us and who knows we might find solutions to some issues in the process as well.
… Civil codes, case law, codes of conduct and core values will be parsed as discussion and debate amongst this diverse community of characters. This is a serious group. It is NOT designed for the casual comic book fan, but rather for the dedicated superhero and their support team. Supporting staff, side kicks and other crime solvers ARE WELCOME. Out of town heroes from other jurisdictions are always welcome guests in our company. It is our hope to organize local WatchTower services to provide perm …
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Meet other rabbit guardians, share stories and questions and snuggle/groom rescued rabbits. This group will emphasize rabbit rescue and adoptions from shelters and rescues-- not breeding or buying rabbits. This is not a forum for debate about spay/neuter, breeding or showing rabbits. Learn about the many fun volunteer opportunities to help rabbits at SaveABunny and Bay area shelters. SaveABunny is a creative, contemporary and volunteer-oriented nonprofit rescue group dedicated to resc …
The motto of this meet-up group is, to have all kinds of adventurous activities, explore nature and enjoy its beauty, stay fit and have fun with friends and families. You can help us to make this group a great place to meet new people and make new friends while having fun and great discussions/debate. On time to time, we do try to organize all kind of activities at various locations with the help of mother nature. Out events include skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing in winter; while scuba divin …
An eclectic community gathering of all ages and all professions who are committed to becoming better public speakers. We support each other through regular meetings where you will have the opportunity to practice prepared speeches and impromptu responses. Several yearly workshops including speech evaluation, debate skills, and visual presentations. Please note that most of our organization and planning is done at www.menloparktm.org You are welcome to stop by as a guest to any of our meetings …
New to the area? Want to meet other Iranians for friends / discussions / fun / outdoors events / clubs / bars? What must you do? Attend, be fun, dance, laugh & have a good time :) What will it do for you? It will enable members to meet at a time and place to mingle, have a laugh and be merry. What will it not do? Serve as a platform to hold political / religious debate.
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