[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Topics for October 9

[Steven Meyer]

Thanks to Ted Goertzel for volunteering to send out weekly notices on the
topics for the "Today's Issues" discussion group.

All are welcome to join us Sunday Mornings at 9:15 in the parlor.

Steve Meyer

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Ted Goertzel <tedgoertzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> For this Sunday, October 9, the Today's Issues discussion group will
> discuss
>
> 1.  Election polling and the current elections.
> A reading from Wired Magazine is attached: "The Polls Are All Wrong. A
> Startup Called Civis Is Our Best Hope to Fix Them
> <https://www.wired.com/2016/06/civis-election-polling-clinton-sanders-trump/>"
> by Garrett Graff.  It can also be found at the link
>
> In addition, the following web sites are of interest:
> fivethirtyeight election forecast
> <http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/>
> realclearpolitics election poll report
> <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/>
> The Upshot New York election forecast
> <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?_r=0>
>
> Story about Trump Support in rural Appalachia
> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/donald-trump-voters-ohio-pennsylvania-west-virginia-appalachia?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+morning+briefing+2016&utm_term=193179&subid=9777652&CMP=ema_a-morning-briefing_b-morning-briefing_c-US_d-1>.
>
>
> 2.  The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy, book by
> Anthony Gottlieb
> <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/09/29/hobbes-spinoza-locke-leibniz-hume-wrestled-new/>,
> review by Thomas Nagel.  Copy attached.
> Also available at the NYR link. In the New York Review for September 29.
>



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