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Drinking Skeptically at TAM 8

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We'll be doing another Drinking Skeptically at TAM this year. Is anyone interested in helping coordinate?
 
Minimal, but yes. Believe it or not, there were folks who *couldn't find* us last year.
 
Is this like drinking religiously, except adding in, "This beer isn't made with hops or barley. *hic*"
 
Maybe before trying to locate Drinking Skeptically, they were at Drinking Copiously.
 
Reager said:
It was a helluvalot more than that. I counted at least 100 people at one point. With folks entering and leaving the entire evening.
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Wait, I misread the thread. I saw your location as NY, and thought you were talking about NECSS II. Which is why I mentioned Friday night.

Anyhow, where was this "Drinking Skeptically" at last year at TAM? Somewhere other than the Del-Mar Lounge at the Southpoint?
 
Reager said:
We'll be doing another Drinking Skeptically at TAM this year. Is anyone interested in helping coordinate?
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Are you considering having another organization co-sponsor? Specifically, I'll be there as will some others who volunteer for Center for Inquiry, Washington, DC. We'd been discussing the potential for hosting a Drinking Skeptically at TAM as you did last year. It seems silly to have two separate events (although I'll admit the level of drinking at TAM ought to support it :rolleyes:) so maybe we should join forces and co-host.
Brian
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
Wait, I misread the thread. I saw your location as NY, and thought you were talking about NECSS II. Which is why I mentioned Friday night.

Anyhow, where was this "Drinking Skeptically" at last year at TAM? Somewhere other than the Del-Mar Lounge at the Southpoint?
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It was at the Silverado Lounge.
 
I am of the opinion that "drinking skeptically" is something a heck of a lot of TAM attendees are going to do, anyway, every evening.

I can see the purpose of Drinking Skeptically events, in general, as a good excuse for rational-minded people to congregate. I almost always attend the one in NYC, even though I don't even drink.

But, TAM already provides the excuse for congregating. Do we really need to organize a DS as TAM?

If the answer to the above question is "YES!", perhaps Scrut's idea is best: Just have it where everyone else is going to be, anyway, which is likely the Del Mar bar. It will be like any other TAM evening, except perhaps with more NYC Skeptics pins being passed around, or something.

I kinda failed to see the point of having it at the Silverado, last year, sooo far away (in terms relative to a casino floor) from the normal hang out.
 
Wowbagger said:
I am of the opinion that "drinking skeptically" is something a heck of a lot of TAM attendees are going to do, anyway, every evening.

I can see the purpose of Drinking Skeptically events, in general, as a good excuse for rational-minded people to congregate. I almost always attend the one in NYC, even though I don't even drink.

But, TAM already provides the excuse for congregating. Do we really need to organize a DS as TAM?

If the answer to the above question is "YES!", perhaps Scrut's idea is best: Just have it where everyone else is going to be, anyway, which is likely the Del Mar bar. It will be like any other TAM evening, except perhaps with more NYC Skeptics pins being passed around, or something.

I kinda failed to see the point of having it at the Silverado, last year, sooo far away (in terms relative to a casino floor) from the normal hang out.
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Eh, I see your point. I just think that since Drinking Skepticaly/Skeptics in the Pub are very popular events all over the world (I think we're up to over 50 groups now), it seems right to have a designated DS at TAM (and NECSS, etc...). Plus, it's fun! Sure we could just drink as usual, but let's give folks an excuse to make their drinking/congregating a bit more noteworthy...

BTW, last year's gathering was at the Silverado bc no one knew that the Del Mar would become the "go-to" gathering spot. Kinda tough to know that in advance, what are we...psychic?!

Mike
 
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