Meeting Summary 11/20/07

Todays meeting covered what we will be doing for the next two meetings as well as some small discussion on karma.
The charity that you guys sponsored raised $150 so great job everybody.
Next week we will be planning the debate on the existence of God scheduled in two weeks so please attend if you plan on coming to that.
Finally we were able to get Mr. Mangin to agree to be our moderator for the debate so we hope to see you all there.
-Twitch

Discussion

This thread exists for consideration of next week's topic in the comments section. The next topic in the queue is The Mind and the Brain. Biological evolution and the meaning of life have also been considered, but the field is still wide open for new suggestions. Please, comment!

Simmons' Queue 10/11/07

Current Discussion Topics as of 9/13/07

Last Meeting's Topic: Strong AI
Next Week's Topic: Unclear pending discussion
Discussion Queue by Priority:

1. The Mind and the Brain
   
2. The Limits of Free Speech
   
3. Meaning in Narratives
   
4. Communism
5. Education
   
6. Wal-Mart
7. Wikipedia
8. Infinity

Added without priority:

-Biological Evolution
-The Meaning of Life

Meeting Summary 10/11/07

2:30 - Meeting Begins
Business: Next week's topic will be up for debate on the blog. The limits of free speech, meaning in narratives, evolution, and the possibility of world peace are all considered
2:36- Discussion opens on strong AI, with emphasis on its impact on society.
2:44- The meaning/value of human life is added to the discussion queue, discussion continues.
3:27- Discussion ends. A straw poll on the question "Would it be moral to create a strong AI?" reveals:

2 who answer yes, it would be moral
9 who answer no, it would not be moral, and
4 who abstain.
3:30- Meeting ends.

Meeting Summary 10/4/07

2:30 - Meeting Begins
Business: The Ironwood Free Thinkers club will be sponsoring a fund raiser for the womens overflow shelter. If you wish to participate donate or as a member of the club bring in a a jar with the information, Donate to the Womens overflow shelter. Sponsored by the Free Thinkers Club, typed on a paper wrapped about the jar and place this jar in a class.
2:36- Strong AI
-Borg
-Net
-Algorithm
3:30- Meeting end

Meeting Summary 9/27/07

2:30- Meeting Opens
-Topic decided upon is Free Will.
The different views of free will are brought up and explained.
3:00- Business Interlude
3:05- Return to Free Will
3:30- Dispersion

Meeting Summary 9/19/07

2:30-Meeting Begins
2:35-Meeting Moves to Library
2:50-Chess matches begin to decide the leader of chess board.
Matt Vs. Robert- Victor:Robert
Robert Vs. Vincent - Victor: Tie.
3:30- Meeting ends. Next week will be a full meeting on the normal day.
-Jonathan Knapp

[To other officers: Edit was not disabled; Andy had bad permissions. Don't worry about it. --Patrick :-]