About us
Want more deep, fun conversations in your life? This is for you. The idea for Socrates cafe is to open, honest, and engaging conversations. The goal is is questioning, exploring, and learning. Debate, and pontification, are discouraged (and boring!).
The only requirement is curiosity. The only guidelines are courtesy, compassion, and patience. Okay fine, that's not entirely true. We also hold humor in high regard. Extra points are awarded for making us laugh.
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Socrates cafe is based on a book by author Christopher Phillips, Bring a question that has been on your mind to discuss if you like. If no question occurs to you, come along anyway. There are always enough questions to keep us going.
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How it works:
You show up. You share a beer or coffee with smart friendly people. We make a list of questions to discuss, which can be just about anything. The best questions are ones you do not know the answer to. "What is good?" "Is there life after death?" "What does it mean to be a good friend?" are all good examples from past cafes.
If we have more than 10 people, we may break into smaller groups so there is enough oxygen in every conversation.
Our 5 Rules:
1. Open minds only. Consider the behavior of an open minded person. Be like that.
2. We ask you listen more than you speak - if you want to learn, you'll learn more by listening than speaking. Be curious.
3. No lectures, no matter how smart you are.
4. Really, no lectures. Come to convince yourself of something new, rather that convince others of what you already know.
5. Any of the facilitators/organizers have the right to run the conversation, or move the conversation on to a new question at any time they wish: often its because a rule is being broken or people are yawning themselves to death.
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