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What we’re about
This is a group for those in the Sacramento area who like to discuss politics and philosophy. We have all had different experiences in life, but we always find that political issues are very relevant to our lives and we want to discuss these issues with others. These days, political discussions are sometimes constructive, but unfortunately they often become hostile when people with differing views are in the same room. It is important for us all to hear views other than our own from time to time, and there has to be a way to have honest, thoughtful discussions on issues important to our lives while keeping the discussion calm and polite. In this discussion group, we try to avoid being overly biased when presenting opinions and we will also work to avoid use of fallacies in making points. We expect that there will be differences of opinion, but as long as we keep a philosophical mindset these discussions should not descend into hostility. Many of us also like to discuss philosophical topics and we will have time for this as well and we will probably find that most philosophical concepts have real-world applications, including political. So this discussion group will hover between these two subjects, and we might even at times focus on other subjects as well.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Yuval Noah Harari on HistoryKupros Craft House, Sacramento, CA
Why humans won against Neanderthals
Yuval Noah Harari and Lex Fridman
19 minute videoOur thought process lives in a mental space defined by a basic spectrum, with decisions based on analysis at one end and decisions based on narrative at the other. What we do, how we react, is based on a blend of these two underlying mechanisms. Understanding this dichotomy explains much of the social phenomena that inhabits our cultural landscape, and can inform how we progress socially moving forward.
- Michael Levin on BiologyKupros Crafthouse, Sacramento, CA
Biology is moving into strange new directions. Watch a half hour of this longer video by a leading researcher in the field, Michael Levin:
Michael Levin interview by Lex FridmanHere is a casual time-stamped summary of most of the video, except for the boring bits at the end about death and the meaning of life. Half way through I started drinking margaritas so spare me any criticism.
Time Stamped Summary of the Levin InterviewHere a brief description of topics of a book by Raghuveer Parthasarathy - So Simple a Beginning: a beautiful, but technical, description of the physical regularities underlying the evolution of our biology, along with some notes relevant to biophysics:
Summary of book by Parthasarathy