{"id":2248,"date":"2012-03-25T10:08:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2012-12-11T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T21:07:59","slug":"snapshots-from-the-reason-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/03\/snapshots-from-the-reason-rally.html","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots from the Reason Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Reason Rally\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.bigthink.com\/system\/idea_thumbnails\/43187\/original\/Reason_Rally.jpg?1332079839\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"214\"><\/p>\n<p>I was really hoping to get more pictures of signs, but it was so rainy that most people had to stow them pretty early. \u00a0I\u2019ll give more substantive thoughts soon, but right now I\u2019m running late to the <a href=\"http:\/\/atheists.org\/convention\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Atheists National Convention<\/a>, which is also this weekend, so you\u2019ll get a double header.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/IMG_0889.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2250\" title=\"IMG_0889\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/IMG_0889-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The night before the meetup rally, I went to a dinner where I met up with <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/blaghag\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jen of BlagHag<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/blogs\/daylight-atheism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam of Daylight Atheism<\/a>. \u00a0Last year I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylightatheism.org\/tag\/leah-unequally-yoked\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a stint guestblogging at Daylight Atheism<\/a>, but I hadn\u2019t gotten to meet Adam in person up til now.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gaid72fqzNE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gaid72fqzNE<\/a>\n<p>At the rally proper, my favorite guest was Tim Minchin, since I love the above song (\u201cIf I Didn\u2019t Have You\u201d) so gosh-darned much.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/Bayesian-Conspirator.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2251\" title=\"Bayesian Conspirator\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/Bayesian-Conspirator-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"335\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I appreciated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/03\/help-me-pick-my-reason-rally-sign.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">advice you guys gave about possible signs<\/a>. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bayes'_theorem\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bayes<\/a> sign above turned out to be the best way to meet people. \u00a0I got to discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/hpmor.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality<\/a> (new chapter Tuesday!) with a couple people who saw the sign over the crowd and came over. \u00a0Plus I got to explain the difference between Bayesian and frequentist statistics to a bunch of other people who came over to ask what the heck I was holding up. \u00a0Every moment is a teachable moment!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/fill-in-the-blank1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2253\" title=\"fill in the blank\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/fill-in-the-blank1-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"320\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was my second sign. \u00a0My goal was to strike up philosophy discussions and talk about what we <em>do<\/em> believe in addition to what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em>. \u00a0The rain really limited this, so I\u2019ll have to bring it out again at a future meetup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/math-dinner.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2294\" title=\"math dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/math-dinner-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"358\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the dinner afterwards, I finally got to meet my fellow Patheos blogger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta of Friendly Atheist<\/a> in person. \u00a0His day job is teaching math, so I had to share my Bayes Theorem sign with him. \u00a0The sign is also how I met Jesse Galef, the communications director of the Secular Students Alliance who also blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/measureofdoubt.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Measure of Doubt<\/a>. \u00a0He spotted the sign while I was talking to Hemant and turned out to be a big <a href=\"http:\/\/lesswrong.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Less Wrong<\/a> fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/Purim.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2249\" title=\"Purim\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2012\/03\/Purim-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"268\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I closed out the night at a friend\u2019s belated <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purim\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Purim<\/a> party where there was a dramatic reading of the Book of Esther. \u00a0The hamantaschen were 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