Owning Our Ignorance Show | Episode 1: Humility

Destiny Byrd, Calvin Engime, Rachel McDonell Mojica, and Jordan Smart discuss the role of humility in effective reasoning.

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Owning on the Radio

Our club has started a radio show!  The Owning Our Ignorance Show debuts on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. on WDBK.  Tune in to 91.5 FM if you live near Blackwood, New Jersey.

The first episode is on humility.  Club members Destiny Byrd, Cal Engime, Rachel McDonnell Mojica, and Jordan Smart discuss the role that humility plays in effective reasoning.

We’ll post the episode here after it airs on the radio, along with links to subscribe to a podcast version of the show.

Tumbling Our Ignorance

At our latest meeting, we decided to set up a tumblr for the club.  It makes this whole normal-sized ‘blog’ thing seem pretty clunky.

In other news, we’re planning on starting up a discussion-based podcast, Plus, we decided to focus our do-gooding efforts on charity watchdogs like GiveWell and a campaign to promote effective charities.

Lastly, here are our March events:

-Free Will discussion: 3:30 p.m.  on Monday, March 7th in Madison 105
–Inception movie night: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10th in Madison 107
-Legitimacy of Government discussion: 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22nd in Madison 105
–Paper Man movie night: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24th in Madison 107

Discussion: What Is Smart?

Our next discussion meeting is Wednesday, February 2nd, at 1:00 p.m. in Madison 105. We’re considering the question “What is smart?”

As usual, there will be free pizza and soda at the discussion. Let us know whether you plan on showing up over at the Facebook event. Directions to CCC are available here. A campus map is below; Madison is building 5.

Nerd Discussion

We’re having a joint meeting with CCC’s Dead Poets Society to discuss nerdiness! We’re meeting on Friday, October 29th, at 2:00 p.m. in Madison 103. We’ll be talking about all the specific ways we’re nerds, and why being a nerd is a good thing.

There will be free pizza and soda at the discussion. As usual, there’s a Facebook event for the discussion. All are welcome to attend (invite your friends!). Directions to CCC are available here. A campus map is below; Madison is building 5.

Discussion: Transhumanism

We’re having our first discussion meeting of the semester on Thursday, September 16th, at 3:15 p.m. in Madison 201. We’ll be talking about tranhumanism (the movement in favor of improving human mentally and physically through advances in technology).

As usual, there will be free pizza and soda for all.  There’s a Facebook event for the discussion.  All are welcome to attend (invite your friends!). Directions to CCC are available here. A campus map is below; Madison is building 5.

Summer Meeting

Time to return to our roots with a meeting at the cafe inside the Deptford Barnes & Noble (Directions).  We’ll be making summer plans for the club at 6:00 p.m. this Sunday, June 6th.  Let us know if you’re going over at the Facebook Event.  Invite the ignorant!

Our Religious Tract

Front side:

Back side:

Debuting at CCC’s Spring Fling.

God & Evil (with Guest Bryan Frances)

We have a guest speaker coming to give a talk on the problem of suffering! Details are below:

• Bryan Frances, Fordham University Philosophy Professor
• “An Adequate Theistic Response to the Problem of Gratuitous Evil?”
• Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
• 2:00 p.m.
• Camden County College
• Madison Hall, Room 210

(For those interested, Bryan Frances took part in the club’s first podcast. He’s also written a great book I highly recommend called Scepticism Comes Alive.)  All are welcome to attend–invite your friends through the Facebook Event! Directions to CCC are available here. A campus map is below; Madison is building 5.

Movie Night #2: Fight Club

UPDATE: Rescheduled to March 12th!

For our next movie night, we’ll be watching Fight Club, David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel. We’ll follow this with a discussion of the movie. Here are the details:

• Fight Club
• 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26th March 12th
• Camden County College
• Madison Building, Room 107
• free snacks & drinks
• There’s a Facebook Event for it