What we’re about
The Gotham Inquiry Collective is a group for people who wish to understand the world and how to navigate it, who reject dogmas and are interested in evidence-based inquiry and rational thinking. No topics are barred, from science to pseudoscience, from history to philosophy, from politics to current events. Join us for our in-person meetings over food and drinks or for our online discussions. Let’s investigate reality freely and openly, together!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- What about UFOs?Park Plaza Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY$5.00
UFOs have, allegedly, been around at least since their first sighting in the modern era, back in 1947. People keep talking about it, either believing in the phenomenon, or dismissing it as sci-fi gone bad. What are we, as skeptical inquirers, going to make of all this? Join us for dinner and a discussion of the UFO “problem.”
Suggested reading: UFO, from The Skeptic’s Dictionary. (Free download)
The event fee ($5) is to maximize chances that people will actually attend, since spots at the restaurant are limited. You will be reimbursed (minus Meetup administrative fee) if you show up. If you don’t, you will be barred from the next meeting. Thanks for understanding!
Park Plaza Restaurant is a diner in Downtown Brooklyn. Nearby subways: 2,3,4,5,A,C,F,R.
- What’s the deal with generative AI?Park Plaza Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY$5.00
We all know about the new technology of generative AI. Is it good, bad, neither, both? It depends on the context. To fix our ideas for the first of what we’ll likely be a number of discussions about artificial intelligence, let’s start with the current controversy in higher education. What would be a useful and ethical use of AI on the part of students? What about professors? How do we minimize damaging or unethical uses?
Suggested reading: Is AI enhancing education or replacing it?, from The Chronicle of Higher Education. (Free download)
The event fee ($5) is to maximize chances that people will actually attend, since spots at the restaurant are limited. You will be reimbursed (minus Meetup administrative fee) if you show up. If you don’t, you will be barred from the next meeting. Thanks for understanding!
Park Plaza Restaurant is a diner in Downtown Brooklyn. Nearby subways: 2,3,4,5,A,C,F,R.
