We meet at the Sony Plaza at 550 Madison (between 55th and 56th) every first Saturday of the month at 2pm. We talk about why our best logic, experience, physics, (yes, even quantum mechanics) psychology and neuroscience all point to the inescapable conclusion that human beings DO NOT have a free will; we have a predetermined, causal will. What makes free will impossible?  Logically, because everything happens for a reason, and every reason has a prior reason.  Experientially, the simple fact tha …

Are you tired of dealing with people imposing their superstitions on you? Do you need a break form the irrational? Then join a group of skeptical individuals for an evening of food, drink and skepticism! In the spirit of Robert Green Ingersoll we will meet up on the thirteenth of every month and will not be afraid to break mirrors, spill salt, and in general throw our irrational fears to the wind! So come out and toast reason, logic, and critical thinking!

Introduction This group is for anyone who likes producing electronic music using software, and/or wishes to learn new production skills, other software products, find out about various plug-ins, and take their mixes to the next level. There is no particular skill requirement to join the group. However if you are a beginner, we recommend you at least try a demo version of a popular DAW software package, and watch some free tutorials on youtube before coming to your first meeting. We mostly concen …

A group to meet and discuss current topics in Education for parents and Students with a focus in Math learning, not only because of the importance of Math itself but also because of its ability to create logic and reasoning skills useful in all fields

If your a user of Ableton Live, Reason, Cubase, Logic, Protools, Sonar or FL Studio and your into EDM, this is the meetup group for you. If your a beginner and your not sure what to buy or how to get started producing EDM this is the meetup group for you.  If your an EDM artist and you want to meet producers and DJ's, this is the meetup group for you. This group will be also meeting at venues that will allow its members to showcase their creations and all new the gear we buy.

In this group we'll make our way through the book "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages," by Bruce Tate. It's a quick deep-dive into seven very different languages: Ruby, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, Clojure and Haskell. I know almost nothing about these languages myself -- I'm a JavaScript guy with some very limited exposure to Ruby -- and do not expect to become an expert in any of them overnight, but I am excited to dive into paradigms I know nothi …

Respectful conversation, not debate, about the relationship between faith and reason. This is not a theist/atheist debate group but rather a group for those interested in how faith and reason converge. Only those willing to listen to the ideas and perspectives of others with respect are invited to join. We will meet monthly at Abington Art Center and walk while we talk about these topics. You will not be talking to more than one or two people at a time so that each person has a chance to have an …

This is a group for anyone interested in patterns: in games, in puzzles, in language, in thought, and in machines. All skill levels are welcome. We meet monthly to scratch out problems, build stuff, and see if we can get to the bottom of something. Emphasis is on play.

"The constructed language with the most complete grammar is probably Lojban - a language created to reflect the principles of logic." --- Arika Okrent, the author of In the Land of Invented Languages coi ro do (Hello Everyone!) This group is for people who are interested in and want to know about the constructed language, Lojban. Lojban is a one of the most complete, carefully designed, and logically unambiguous constructed languages in the world. Lojban has a number of features which make it u …