I attended my first one and found it very fun and enlightening. Have you guys ever attended them? It's a wide-ranging group of people that meets to discuss topics on philosophy, religion, politics, etc. Reading the interesting and well-informed dialogs between everyone here, it made me think about the Socrates Cafe Here's some links: http://socratescafe.meetup.com/ http://www.philosopher.org/soccaf.html http://lifeofthemindconsortium.info/SocratesCafe.htm