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There are two weekly CoV chats, one on Tuesdays at 2100h CST, the other on Fridays at 2300h GMT has been intermittent.

Everyone is welcome to httpjoin the chat.

Upcoming chats

Tuesday 2003.09.09 - Why be good?

Tuesday 2003.09.16 - Infection 2004 planning

Tuesday 2003.09.23 - Socialism vs. liberty

Tuesday 2003.09.30 - TBA


Future Chat Topics

The ethics of artifical intelligence.

Free speech: should some groups be censored?

Are there any smart drugs?

Human nature and the blank slate.

What does it mean to be human, transhuman, posthuman?

What is the relation between math and the world?

What are the interesting implications of Godel's incompleteness theorem?

Summarize Virus: How would you summarize the core beliefs of the CoV?

Best Books: What are the most important books to recommend?

Value: What is it? How can we measure it? How do we determine it? What is the value of a human life?

Free Will: Do we have free will? If so, how much? If not, what are the consequences?

Rationality: what is the nature of rationality? What kinds of things can be rational? How can we tell one something is rational or not?

Crime and Punishment: Is it rational to punish transgressors?

Democracy: everyone agrees it isn't perfect, but is it optimal? Or is it out-dated? Can we conceive of something better?

Space: Should humans explore space? Is it feasible? economical? Why should we go? What are the consequences of not?

Elitism: Is it better to appeal to the masses or the elite?

Community Tech: What would you like to see in the future of the BBS, IRC, Moo, etc?

VirusBookClub: Let's pick a book to discuss.

Faith: Remember the old faith/phaith/dogma wars? Time for an update.

Saints: Who should be the 2nd Virian Saint?

IP rights: Can you imagine a world without intellectual property rights (patents, copyright). What would happen?

Empathy: what role does it play especially when it can be used as a weapon...

Fill in the blanks: Life is a _ _ _ _ that needs to be _ _ _ _ .

What is the role of myth in today's society?

What is intelligence? How do we decide when someone is being intelligent or stupid? How can we increase intelligence?


Chat Logs

Tuesday 2003.09.02 - Raising a rational child. - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.08.26 - Fairness: What is fair? What is justice? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.08.19 - Disownment - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.08.12 - Reputation, voting and concensus - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.08.05 - Schism: the pros and cons of splitting the CoV - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.07.29 - 10 year predictions: What will it be like to live in 2013? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.07.22 - Postmodernism: What is it? Does it say anything of value? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.07.15 - What is the significance of Bayes thereom? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.07.08 - The possibility of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence. - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.07.01 - Why can't rational people agree on anything? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.06.24 - Differences between the sexes - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.06.17 - Epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we know? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.06.10 - Memetics: what is the state of the "science"? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.06.03 - Building a Self-sufficient Church Community - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.05.27 - Are we in the Matrix? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.05.13 - Evolutionary Psychology - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.05.06 - How to influence people - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.04.29 - Genes vs. Memes - httpchat log

Friday 2003.04.25 - httpDown And Out... - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.04.22 - What is interwikitruth? - httpchat log

Friday 2003.04.18 - Cults - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.04.15 - Self-motivation - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.04.08 - Transparent Society - httpchat log

Friday 2003.04.04 - MOPI - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.04.01 - What is the Supergoal? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.03.25 - What are human rights? - httpchat log

Friday 2003.03.21 - What else is wrong with this world?- httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.03.18 - What is wrong with this world? - httpchat log

Friday 2003.03.14 - Evangelism of the CoV - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.03.11 - The Nature of Evil - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.02.25 - httpThe Escalator of Reason - httpchat log

Sunday 2003.02.23 - httpThe Escalator of Reason - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.02.18 - Death & Immortality - httpchat log

Sunday 2003.02.16 - Is there such thing as a selfless act? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.02.11 - How can we compete? - httpchat log

Sunday 2003.02.09 - How can we compete? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.02.04 - When it UTism reasonable? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.01.28 - How to deal with irrationality? - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.01.21 - Real world applications of VirianEthics - httpchat log

Tuesday 2003.01.14 - The meaning of life - httpchat log


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