Thank you for taking the time to implement this, I’ve set it as my “sort by” criteria.
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Meetup : Brussels meetup
Meetup : Brussels meetup
Meetup : Brussels meetup
Meetup : Brussels meetup
Thanks, I created an account as well so I can help keep it up to date.
There are 9 people who have attended so far and each meetup has had new members, if this pastern continues we should have enough players. Still, a backup plan is a good idea so I’ll bring Zendo as well, just to be safe.
Meetup : Brussels meetup
I called the museum and they said the parking in front of the museum is free, but not that big. There are two public parking places (here you DO have to pay) nearby:
Jourdanplaats / Place Jourdan
Parking Forte Dei Marmi, Avenue du Maelbeek, Etterbeek
On Sunday it worked fine again, still no idea what caused it.
So… how would you design an exercise to teach Checking Consequentialism?
I would check to see if such a thing already exists or if there are people who have experience designing such things. I know of a Belgian non-profit ‘Center for Informative Games’ that not only rents games designed to teach certain skills but will also help you create your own.
From their site: On request C.I.S. develops games for others. The applicant provides the content of the game, while C.I.S. develops the conceptual and game technical part to perfection. The applicant has the opportunity to attend some game tests and to redirect when necessary.
They also offer coaching if you want to work on your own: Do you want to create a game concept on your own, but you don’t know where to start? No worries C.I.S. can give you a hand. During a number of concrete working sessions C.I.S. facilitates your development. In between sessions the applicant continues the work to, finally, end up with a solid game.
I have enjoyed their games in the past and can attest to their quality. The obvious problem is that it’s a purely Belgian organization and the ‘search’ function only works with Dutch words. However if you want to check them out I’d be happy to act as a go-between. Since a couple of months there is even a Brussels LW meetup, I’m certain I could get a couple of members to help in the production process (again, if this seems interesting)
Note: The meetup will be held at 12:00 local time, NOT 11:00 like the post says.
For some reason the it insists on saying 11:00am no matter how many times I change it back. This might have something to do with the time automatically correcting for the change to summer time this weekend. I’ll check back when summer time is in effect and make the (possibly) necessary adjustments.
EDIT: summer time was not causing the problem, weird.
Meetup : Brussels meetup
The previous meet-up was just getting to know everyone (4 persons attended, including me) We discussed our interests, what we were doing, how we found Less Wrong and even exchanged some interesting book titles. The entire meeting was done in English and lasted about 3 hours (we had lunch in the cafeteria)
During this meeting we will try and formulate some goals. What do we want to achieve with these meet-ups and how can we reach these goals? (I suspect step one will be teaching each other the rationality techniques we already know, but that’s up to the group) I don’t have a particular program in mind, we’ll probably end up using the cafeteria again (you can sit there without paying for a museum ticket) unless someone knows another good place to talk nearby. Germany is quite a distance so it’s really up to you.
Meetup : Brussels meetup
And now it has been updated, thanks :)
I would like to point out that the Brussels meet-up has been moved back a week, to Saturday February 11. This has been changed in the meet-up topic but here it still shows the 18th.
I moved the meet-up back a week to accommodate someone who could not make it on the 18th.
I’m studying to be a teacher so I’ll try and give you some of the theory we get.
First things first: keep in mind who your audience is, this determines what type of lesson is most effective. What age group are they in? What is their foreknowledge of Bayes’ Theorem? Do they have any special interests you could use in your class? What subjects are they studying at your college?
If you only get to teach one class on the subject I suggest going easy on the amount of content. You will never be able to fit all of the applications of Bayes Theorem in one hour so pick one or two and make it look awesome. Getting students hooked is the hard part but once you do they’ll start learning on their own.
Most people don’t like things that are to abstract and long formula’s tend to scare them off. Be very specific and use a lot of real world examples. Shokwave made an excellent suggestion here: an overarching theme to serve as a guiding principle. Betting is a good idea but try and give it a very specific setting: horse races, betting on the elections, card games, betting on a sports event (if your college has a sports team you can use them) Let them actually do stuff, don’t just give an hour long lecture.
Last but not least: be enthusiastic about the subject! If they see you having fun with it, chances are they’ll have a good time as well.
If you can give me some more background information on the students and what content you wish to cover I could throw some ideas your way.
Thank you, I’ve registered. I’ve never done an online class like this before so it’ll be an interesting experience.