Various folks with an interest in complex adaptive systems and machine learning have self-organised into an emergent structure that spontaneously congeals for an informal discussion. The congelation typically lasts from 60 to 90 minutes, before collapsing into disarray, if not outright chaos. The components then enter a period of stasis for about a week, during which they appear to do very little.
"Festive", because if there isn't the occasional loud bang then why bother, and "doubt", because that's a fundamental notion driving interesting science: anything could be wrong, it's all up for grabs, all the time.
Here's the primordial Festival of Doubt, the Dubus Centralis of Foddity, at University of Queensland. Those departing FoD should consider joining The Consequences of Inertia. Competition for the festival's acronym comes in the form of Foreign Object Damage, whose definition isn't so far from the mark.
"Festive", because if there isn't the occasional loud bang then why bother, and "doubt", because that's a fundamental notion driving interesting science: anything could be wrong, it's all up for grabs, all the time.
- You don't have to be an expert to make a contribution, and pretending to be an expert hurts anyway.
- There are very few questions that really are just too dumb.
- Answering questions doesn't have to be the goal - in fact why have a goal at all? Consider saving your goals for the other 24*7-1 hours in the week.
Here's the primordial Festival of Doubt, the Dubus Centralis of Foddity, at University of Queensland. Those departing FoD should consider joining The Consequences of Inertia. Competition for the festival's acronym comes in the form of Foreign Object Damage, whose definition isn't so far from the mark.
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