How to Find Us: Go into this Del Taco. We will be in the back room if possible.
Parking is free in the lot out front or on the street nearby.
Discussion: How we keep repeating that anecdote of the digger wasp’s sphexish foolishness, repeating the same behavior over and over, never realizing it is accomplishing nothing. We repeat this anecdote over and over, over and over again, never realizing that it is a misleading intuition pump.
Meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness
Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness
WHEN: 18 February 2015 07:00:00PM (-0800)
WHERE: 11066 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
How to Find Us: Go into this Del Taco. We will be in the back room if possible.
Parking is free in the lot out front or on the street nearby.
Discussion: How we keep repeating that anecdote of the digger wasp’s sphexish foolishness, repeating the same behavior over and over, never realizing it is accomplishing nothing. We repeat this anecdote over and over, over and over again, never realizing that it is a misleading intuition pump.
Recommended Reading:
Sphexishness
Digger Wasp: Uses in Philosophy
The Sphex Story: How the cognitive sciences kept repeating an old and questionable anecdote
The full text of the previous item, ungated by magic
No prior exposure to Less Wrong is required; this will be generally accessible.
Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness