July 14: \;Product Ingredients
\nWhether it's waxes on organic fruit\, growth inhibitors on garlic\, tomato soup in chocolate cake\, cheap spices\, expensive salt\ , or bay leaves from Tilden\, let's discuss what all's in the food that we buy and make.
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August 11: Parano rmal Experiences
\nHave you or someone you know had a paran ormal experience that you want to share\, like telepathy\, seeing a ghost\ , or a near-death experience? If not\, do you want to talk with some folks who have?
\n\nMore about Conf erence Calendar:
\nThe Conference calendar lists discussion topi cs\, times\, and local places where anyone can come join the discourse.&nb sp\;You don&rsquo\;t have to be an expert\, but people will appreciate it if you are.
\nThe discussions are free and unstructured\, although a facilitator will be present to help make things click.
\nThere&rsqu o\;s \;no commitment or tracking\; if you want to show up for some or all of the discussion\, great. But there&rsquo\;s also \;no photograph y or recording\; the folks who miss a discussion that they&rsquo\;re inter ested in will just have to \;hear about it from the folks who went.
\nWanna discuss something interesting with a bunch of people? There ar e many ways\, and each has limitations:
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\nFriends an
d family \;are the first choice\, but what if you&rsquo\;re super inte
rested in something that they aren&rsquo\;t\, or you want to hear some new
perspectives?
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Professional conferences \;are whe
re experts go deep with the latest findings\, but what if you&rsquo\;re no
t an expert\, won&rsquo\;t travel and pay to attend\, or want to talk abou
t something that doesn&rsquo\;t even have an organized conference?
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Lectures\, panel discussions\, and author events \;are g
reat\, but they focus on consuming and reacting to the views of the people
onstage\, rather than discussing everyone else&rsquo\;s ideas.
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Online forums \;and \;Comments sections \;support s
ome discussion\, but they&rsquo\;re typically superficial\, polarized\, an
d filled with trolls and bots. Plus\, your every word is slurped up by sea
rch engines and AIs.
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Parties and other gatherings&nbs
p\;can work if you steer the conversation towards topics of mutual interes
t\, but that&rsquo\;s easier for extroverts.
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