Category: Forums

Dave Warnock

11 a.m., April 12, 2020

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/314247393

Note: If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.  You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter 314247393 as the “meeting number” that you want to “join”.

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This online Forum will be on the topic of “Dying Out Loud”, as described below:

Dave Warnock, a former evangelical pastor and now atheist, was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal illness in 2019. He is spending the time he has traveling and speaking about seizing the moments and approaching death as an atheist.

His message is about living an intentional life and grabbing as many moments are you can. On his web page, daveoutloud.com, there are links to many of the presentations he’s already done.

Dave loves meeting new people and engaging in fellowship with both faith based and non-faith based individuals and communities who desire to live their most authentic life.

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Dying Out Loud – Dave Warnock from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

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Michael Abramson

11 a.m., March 15, 2020

The ideas of progress, happiness, and the future are critical for Humanist Vision, which affirms that we can improve human condition. But, can humanism deliver on its promise? Are we really making progress? Did this progress bring more happiness to us? Is it leading us to a better future, or any future at all? Probably no one has definite answers on these disturbing questions, which may well be the most important questions of our life. Let’s try to find the answers together.

Michael Abramson is a physicist specializing in system modeling and simulations and working as a contractor for NASA to support the cutting edge research on future aviation systems. He is also a concerned citizen involved with a number of local activist groups.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum was held online.

Here is the transcript of the talk:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7HL_1ikTJCWF7LAZwnXG0CdvUIJRbA_P4I8wk_Ou7Q/edit

Here are the slides for the talk:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i2lkAlr2SrHdB-caEAU0ZIrfYyYSAzz8_Il2pGvoCcg/edit#slide=id.p

Here is a transcript of the email Forum discussion about this topic that was held on Sunday, March 15, 2020:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uM5v9XsRSeBpS9_YFkJ56l6iuk1DLUPoqWQEV_X9ejQ/edit

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Below are the instructions that were given to people for taking part in the email Forum discussion on Sunday, March 15, 2020:

Please read through the transcript and view the slides, and then email Alex Havasy at ahavasy@gmail.com, and he will see to it that you will be added to the new ‘hcsv-sunday-forum@googlegroups.com’ email list of people who want to take part in an email-based question and answer discussion of the transcript and slides for this Forum “talk” starting at 11am on March 15th.

Note: this email list will probably also be used in the future for future email-based Forums. But you, of course, can request to be removed from the email list anytime.

The speaker, Michael Abramson, will initiate the discussion around 11am by sending an email to the hcsv-sunday-forum@googlegroups.com email list. Everyone who has requested to be added to that email list by then will receive that email. Then, anyone receiving that email can reply to the email with a question or comment, and their reply will also be sent to everyone in the email list. The speaker will then reply to that email, and so on, for as long as there are questions or comments from the audience (up until 1pm at the latest).

Thanks for your patience with this new procedure as we all try to adapt to this new coronavirus situation.

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Ron Garret

11 a.m., March 8, 2020

This is another in a series of talks on the history of science and how we came to our present understanding of how our world works. This installment focuses on quantum mechanics.

Ron Garret is a software engineer by trade. He is currently working on easy-to-use-cryptography software. He was a co-founder and CTO of Virgin Charter, and an early hire at Google. He was previously a rocket scientist. He also made a feature-length documentary about homelessness (http://www.graceofgodmovie.com/). His blog can be found at http://blog.rongarret.info/.

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After the Forum, please join us for a lunch at 12:30pm. The lunch is complimentary for first-time visitors and students.

How Do We Know What We Know: Quantum Mechanics – Ron Garret from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

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Hank Pellissier

11 a.m., March 1, 2020

Humanists: do any exist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Yes! Over 400 humanists are struggling to survive in the Ebola-ridden, war-ravaged northeast corner of this destitute nation. Hank Pellissier will describe how his nonprofit (Humanist Global Charity, aka Brighter Brains Institute) found this brave, free-thinking group, and what can be done to assist them. The amazing geography, vast mineral wealth, and brutal history of DR Congo will also be discussed.

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Humanism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Hank Pellissier from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

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Ray Sundby

11 a.m., February 23, 2020

Humanist Community member Ray Sundby will discuss his experience during five years he spent with the US Antarctic Program and life in small research oriented communities in Antarctica during the cold dark winters.

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Five Years on Ice – Ray Sundby from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

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