I'm hoping to get a semi-regular reading group going in the St. Paul area. The basic format is: I post a couple medium-length articles, then we discuss those articles at the meetup for however long we feel like it!
The articles for the first such meetup are based around nutrition science controversies: stuff like "do we think ice cream is bad for us? Why? Do any of us really know anything?"
Article 1, from the Atlantic: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603175155mp_/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/ice-cream-bad-for-you-health-study/673487/
Article 2, from Scott Alexander: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/10/for-then-against-high-saturated-fat-diets/
We'll be meeting at Davanni's Pizza. I'll be ordering vegetarian pizza, vegan salad, and non-vegetarian pizza for the group.
I'll send updates and schedule new such events via Discord (which I'm also interested in getting off the ground since Discord is, generally, just a very nice system for building a local community hub)
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