… We are focused on three key functions in the Free-thought Community   Cooperation in organizing Free-thought events including conferences, programs of speakers, debates, and fora Developing and improving a process for cooperation and coordination between Free-thought groups Engaging donors and bestowing grants and scholarships to Free-thought groups and students to promote and encourage free-thinking

This group is about people getting together with a shared interest or curiosity in Horror Movie culture.  We watch Horror Movies, go to Haunted Houses, discuss and debate, but most importantly we have fun.  If you have an idea for a meetup go ahead and suggest it, get some feedback, ask for support, and let's make it happen.  We invite and welcome all members to participate in scheduling, leading, and speaking up about the direction of the group.  We welcome different ideas and interests within …

The Square Pegs Social Club is a place for those of us who don't conform to get to know one another and make new friends without having to explain our eccentricities. So many of us have struggled alone for so long, our social skills may be lacking or misunderstood by many NT people, so this club has been created to give us a place to call our own where we are the norm. Most Asperger's groups are geared to families of diagnosed children, therapy and techniques to enable us to blend in, these thin …

… We eat (too much), drink (too little), dance (joyfully), debate, take road trips, BBQ, ski (poorly), bowl, hike, check out the latest African themed exhibits, and record blackmail videos of members doing karaoke...  However the mood strikes.  Expectations / RSVP / Attendance Proclaimer If you RSVP "YES", I expect you to be there.  Lack of manners in this respect, or any other display of gross lack of manners, will likely lead to your eviction from the group.

… NV has made numerous guest appearances on radio and television, been interviewed by many talk-show hosts, lectured on college campuses and before major corporations, participated in seminars, debates, and city, state, and national training programs, and was in at the beginning of the resurgence of “The Humanist Movement” in America. In 2007, he wrote his autobiography, So Much Pleasure, So Little Pain, and authored Monument To Failure, the most comprehensive study of the American healthcare syst …

Known for a stubborn, mischievous, and headstrong temperament, the Schipperke is sometimes referred to as the "little black fox", the "Tasmanian black devil", or the "little black devil". They are naturally curious and high-energy dogs and require ample exercise and supervision. Schipperkes are very smart and independent; and sometimes debate listening to owners, instead choosing to do whatever benefits them the most. First-time dog owners would be well advised to familiarize themselves w …

… At our first Meetup, let's explore questions like:"Is Meetup.com the right tool to support brainstorming, debate, online learning, and consensus building between meetings?" "Does it meet our requirements for privacy, idea sharing, and email management?" To prepare, please: register; read some of the introductory posts (pages); and use our online discussions and polls to record your first impressions and concerns about Meetup. In the future, you (or members of your social network) will use soci …

A group of people with widely varying backgrounds and viewpoints meet every other Wednesday to discuss one of the Great Mysteries. After brief introductions, someone will present 3-4 differing viewpoints or major themes on the topic of the day and then we open up the floor for discussion. We meet at at Awash Ethiopian Restaurant (3808 S. Edmunds St., Seattle 98118; just off of Rainier Ave S in Columbia City). The only ground rule is that we practice "deep listening." This means that we are n …

… It is meant to be the exact opposite of the mindless types of debates and diatribes in which he/she who speaks the loudest and interrupts the most and browbeats the best and engages in the most frequent non-redemptive oneupsmanship "wins," whatever that could mean. Socrates Cafe is meant to cultivate new habits of discourse in which the primary purpose is to inspire each person within the community of inquiry further to cultivate and discover his/her unique point of view, nothing more and certai …

This is a proto-type group for collecting statistical data and researching the statistical performances of when various individuals attempt to communicate information via non-conventional means. All steps will be taken in order to ensure that no leakage of sensory data is possible. We`re not here to debate anything. All we are here to do is to field-test some of the sealed envelope/double-blind experiments that have been reported by other research organisations. I request that members be famil …