Glad to hear of the interest! I updated the posting with current details.
In answer to your questions: Attendance to the talks is limited to 50 (our regular workshops bring up to the 30s in attendance). Because of this, we will be selling (very cheap) tickets which will cover Saturday lunch (it’s just a way to hold people’s places). More people will be at the talks, than at the rest of the weekend.The group of people hanging out for the rest of the weekend will be about 20, I’d guess. Friday we may do a swing dance lesson. Sunday we may do a shopping trip. Crash space will be provided to out-of-towners.
Currently scheduled talks include:
Down the Rabbit Hole: Magic as Psychic Entertainment -Jack Strauss
Magician/Mentalist Jack Strauss will present a stage act as a psychic entertainer. Afterwards, there will be a sit-down talkback with the audience. Topics will be determined by audience questions and may include: ethics of performing on stage with a psychic persona, psychology of deception, techniques of cold reading, etc. The only topic off the table will be the specifics of how the act you just saw is performed.
Jesse Galef- Defense Against the Dark Arts: The Ethics and Psychology of Persuasion
Has there been any news/developments on this (scheduled events, places to stay, estimated attendance)? I’m likely to come, with the DC-people.
Glad to hear of the interest! I updated the posting with current details.
In answer to your questions: Attendance to the talks is limited to 50 (our regular workshops bring up to the 30s in attendance). Because of this, we will be selling (very cheap) tickets which will cover Saturday lunch (it’s just a way to hold people’s places). More people will be at the talks, than at the rest of the weekend.The group of people hanging out for the rest of the weekend will be about 20, I’d guess. Friday we may do a swing dance lesson. Sunday we may do a shopping trip. Crash space will be provided to out-of-towners.
Currently scheduled talks include:
Down the Rabbit Hole: Magic as Psychic Entertainment -Jack Strauss
Magician/Mentalist Jack Strauss will present a stage act as a psychic entertainer. Afterwards, there will be a sit-down talkback with the audience. Topics will be determined by audience questions and may include: ethics of performing on stage with a psychic persona, psychology of deception, techniques of cold reading, etc. The only topic off the table will be the specifics of how the act you just saw is performed.
Jesse Galef- Defense Against the Dark Arts: The Ethics and Psychology of Persuasion
Elissa Caffery Fleming- Effective Altruism (tentative)
Amanda Metskas- The Next Generation (tentative)
Eric Huff- Applications of Models
Demitri Muna- Instrumental Improv workshop
Erica Edelman- Intro to Rationality