World Humanist Conference 2014

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Details here. I'm thinking of attending.

[HomerJay]

Don't let anyone fill your glass without asking you first.

300 notes though!

Did you get an email a few days ago inviting you to dinner with Richard Dawkins?

That was £500 or maybe dollars, it was in Merika.

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[quote="HomerJay";p="1826362"]Don't let anyone fill your glass without asking you first.

300 notes though!

Did you get an email a few days ago inviting you to dinner with Richard Dawkins?

That was £500 or maybe dollars, it was in Merika.[/quote]

I'm obviously not on that mailing list: I got this notification from the British Humanist Association (I'm a member).

I must say that I thought this event looked like good value, given that it includes accommodation and meals as well as the programme.

[Regina]

[quote="Blip";p="1826358"]Details here. I'm thinking of attending.[/quote]
So does PZ Myers.

[Animavore]

I'd love to go. Though if I did, I think I'll use the stairs this time.

[Regina]

[quote="Animavore";p="1826374"]I'd love to go. Though if I did, I think I'll use the stairs this time.



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But you'd miss out on all the fun, then.

[HomerJay]

[quote="Blip";p="1826369"][quote="HomerJay";p="1826362"]Don't let anyone fill your glass without asking you first.

300 notes though!

Did you get an email a few days ago inviting you to dinner with Richard Dawkins?

That was £500 or maybe dollars, it was in Merika.[/quote]

I'm obviously not on that mailing list: I got this notification from the British Humanist Association (I'm a member).

I must say that I thought this event looked like good value, given that it includes accommodation and meals as well as the programme.[/quote]
Does it include accomodation? I was looking for that and didn't see a mention.

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[quote="HomerJay";p="1826383"]
Does it include accomodation? I was looking for that and didn't see a mention.[/quote]

You're quite right: the BHA package has an accommodation option and I misread it. It's another £300 or so for accommodation. I still don't think that's bad, though.

[Animavore]

It's bloody loads! A weekend at the Electric Picnic costs less than half that.

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OK, I've just booked my ticket for this. If anyone else is thinking of going, two-thirds of the places have been sold, apparently, so it would be sensible to book sooner rather than later.

[The_Metatron]

[quote="Blip";p="1911269"]OK, I've just booked my ticket for this. If anyone else is thinking of going, two-thirds of the places have been sold, apparently, so it would be sensible to book sooner rather than later.[/quote]
I'm in. Don't know if I'll be attending everything, and I'm not bringing T_Metatrix, Primus, and Tertius. This isn't so much their bag.

I'm wondering about that dinner. I wasn't planning on bringing a coat and tie. Do I need to, do you think?

[james1v]

I would love to go, but i may have to be in Glasgow around that time. It would be a long trek. It will be at least three weeks until i know for definate. They may have sold out by then.

[KeenIdiot]

Damn, wish I wasn't a poor recluse.

[The_Metatron]

[quote="james1v";p="1911575"] I would love to go, but i may have to be in Glasgow around that time. It would be a long trek. It will be at least three weeks until i know for definate. They may have sold out by then.[/quote]
I hear they don't accept people who can't spell.

[Keep It Real]

I'd attend but I don't have much to contribute. Better my seat goes to a visionary intellect with some excellent positive ideas - wouldn't want to crowd the room with meat when tickets are so scarce.

:edit: maybe I could go, pushing the agenda that Darwin Day be a national/international/interplanetary vacation.

[james1v]

[quote="The_Metatron";p="1911619"][quote="james1v";p="1911575"] I would love to go, but i may have to be in Glasgow around that time. It would be a long trek. It will be at least three weeks until i know for definate. They may have sold out by then.[/quote]
I hear they don't accept people who can't spell.[/quote]


Bugger! I definitely wont be going then!

[Blip]

[quote="The_Metatron";p="1911499"][quote="Blip";p="1911269"]OK, I've just booked my ticket for this. If anyone else is thinking of going, two-thirds of the places have been sold, apparently, so it would be sensible to book sooner rather than later.[/quote]
I'm in. Don't know if I'll be attending everything, and I'm not bringing T_Metatrix, Primus, and Tertius. This isn't so much their bag.

I'm wondering about that dinner. I wasn't planning on bringing a coat and tie. Do I need to, do you think?[/quote]

It's described as a 'gala dinner', which would suggest jacket and tie, but I can't find any confirmation of that hunch. The organisers will probably clarify when they send out the joining instructions.

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I had a wonderful time at the World Humanist Congress this weekend: I freely confess that I'm now exhausted simply because I'm no longer used to intellectual stimulation at that level for eight hours a day, three days running.

Highlights for me were presentations by A C Grayling and Janet Radcliffe Richards: the latter's luminous intelligence just blew me away.

I met some really interesting delegates too, especially a woman from Uganda and another from Nepal; the former is working on sex and reproductive health education for young people, much needed there (and elsewhere, for that matter).