The NYC Futurist Group is a discussion group for people interested in future events, societal trends, and technology innovations.

This is the official Meetup of New York City Skeptics, an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes science and critical thinking. For more information about us and our other activities visit www.nycskeptics.org. You may also be interested in our official podcast, Rationally Speaking. We also organize the Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism (NECSS). Had enough of astrologers, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Join us for our mo …

We’re a discussion group with a focus on rationality, philosophy, science, technology, skepticism and ethics. We choose members who are friendly, intellectually curious, intelligent, non-religious, and rationally-minded – meaning that we’re more interested in figuring out the truth together than in proving ourselves right, or in arguing for the sake of arguing. Our members are young, almost all in the range of 20 to 35 years old. Our meetings are usually informal group discussions at someone’s a …

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Welcome, Less Wrong/Overcoming Bias, New York - New York, NY is for Thinkers. It is for those who think rationally (or who think they can think rationally), those who are interested in improving their thinking and are not afraid of having their thoughts and ideas explored and challenged. Anyone who is interested in rationality, honest inquiry and the free uncensored exchange of ideas should come to these meetups. Below are a few websites about thinking, rationality, honest inquiry and the free …

Tour the universe.  Drop in any week.  The universe is a big place, but my class is ongoing, and I am up to the challenge.  It takes 2-3 years for me to do a round trip.  With live links to the Wide World Web as my in-class resource, I have an unlimited supply of mind expanding pictures and movies to discuss.  Plus digital universe simulations that I run of the Earth's place in the galaxy, and the galaxy's place in the universe.  For example, on the tour of the Universe, we started in close, zoo …

This is a series of workshops designed to enhance your natural psychic, mediumistic, and intuitive abilities - even if you believe you don't have them! I am a trained psychic detective, medium, medical intuitive, paranormal investigator and energy healer. I am also an attorney, specialized in securities litigation, and have a special appreciation for logic, reason and evidence. I graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and cum laude on Law Review from Pace University School of Law. …

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!

The Children of the Sun for One People, One Earth: The Melanin Temple I searched to see if there existed any meet up groups for either:  1. The Kemetic Cosmology = The 7 principles of Tehuti and the laws of Maat; 2. The power of Melanin and the subconscious mind = Melanology; and 3. Rational Fasting and the Mucus-Free diet healing system. I could not find any groups meetings in NYC on any of the aforementioned subjects. This is the clarion call for a Gods and Goddess meet up to create a sacred s …

Muslim-ish: searching for truth, rejecting false idols, and fighting for freedom Who are we? We are a group of Ex-Muslims and Muslims of varying degrees of religiosity. What do we want? We want to find the truth, no matter what it is, and fight for our right to follow it. We want to create a safe place for people to exchange thoughts and ideas that we were taught not to talk about. We want to support each other and help each other deal with family questions and formulate answers. We want to gi …

If you're passionate about fact-based thinking, here's your meetup. The degree to which we as individuals and as a society can successfully engage in fact-based thinking impacts everything we do. But getting it right is one of our most difficult challenges. Fact-based thinking ties into every field of study and every form of expression so the topics for discussion are almost endless. Whether you are a scientist, a journalist, a politician, a corporate-decision maker, an educator, or just someone …

Conversation Cafe Tired of small talk? Want to try some big talk about questions that matter? Experience the magic of deep listening and intentional conversation among people with diverse views . A Conversation Café is a hosted, lightly structured conversation where you can talk and listen with others about your thoughts, feelings and dreams for a better world. The conversation will be held in the spirit of respect, curiosity and inclusiveness. We foster dialogue rather than debate, we invited y …

Philosophy and Our Lives is a NYC meetup that dwells in the tension between individual life that is lived for the first time, and civilization as a shared creation over generations. Can philosophy be of any value to our being in this world? We read and discuss the uniqueness of the present moment - the philosophy of our time - through the lens of thinkers such as Nietzsche, Camus, Sartre, Adorno, De Beauvoir, Benjamin, Kant, Kierkegaard, Spinoza, Husserl, Habermas, Levinas, Kafka, Althusser, Bub …

Meet other local fans of author Ayn Rand and her philosophy Objectivism—a philosophy of Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem that holds human life on this Earth as the standard of all values and your life as an end in itself instead of a means to the ends of others. You are invited, if you are a rational person who: values reason, integrity, independence, and productive work; holds that no one may initiate the use of force against others and a proper government is necessary to secure it; deals with …

Based in Fort Greene, I'd like this meetup to offer fellow rational, free-thinking Brooklynites an opportunity to come together to learn, share, or just sit and stare. Our meetups will generally be topic-driven and conversational.  Members should feel free to bring any reading or viewing material to contribute to the discussions and debate and argument is definitely allowed. Of course, people of all backgrounds, genders, ages, sexual orientations, races, and even religions are welcome. There is …

MyTherapist is a group of therapists in private practice in NYC.  We offer meetups for other professionals to train in clinical sexology and rational emotive behavior therapy as well as meetups for the public on topics related to psychology, psychotherapy, LGBT issues, and human sexuality.  Some of our Meetups have gone on to become recurring therapy groups facilitated by one of our staff (but don'[t worry, once a workshop crosses over to therapy, we don't coordinate that thru Meetup.com) We're …

People work - it's a part of life. But with rampant unemployment, layoffs, low- and no-paying internships, and the constant connectivity of smartphones a gulf has developed between our perceptions of how work should be and the demanding reality. Whether your full time job is in a cubicle, at a coffee shop, or pounding the pavement handing out resumes, you are welcome here. Our goal is to discuss our circumstances, how we deal with them, and develop a better understanding of the kind of world we …