Luca plays devil’s advocate

Torquil opens proceedings

At our November meeting our speaker was Luca Jellinek, attempting to correct three (unrelated) fallacies that are inculcated into us in conventional education. Specifically, he argues that (a) the Dark Ages really were pretty dark; (b) beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder; and (c) correlation and causation are actually pretty closely linked. You can see a video of the talk at youtu.be/vqaocxFFULg but be warned, the last section involves some full-on statistical formulae. Welcome also to new member Stephen Barber and potential new member Mahid. Torquil also delivered a short eulogy for founding member Fruity Hatfield-Peverel, who sadly died last week (see separate post). You can see more photos from the evening on our Flickr account at www.flickr.com/photos/sheridanclub/albums/72157720115913509.

Our November meeting saw a good—and impeccably turned out—attendance