Bad science, epic fails, and deadly hubris
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When and where
- Date and time
- PST — local Reno time
- Location
- The Fox Restaurant & Brewery124 Wonder St., Reno, NV, Reno, NVReno
About this event
Welcome to Deep Dives and Drafts! If you're new, please check out our group page to learn more about us [here.](https://www.meetup.com/nerd-nights-monthly-study-club/?eventOrigin=home_groups_you_organize)
Let's dive into the times when smart people, terrible incentives, or pure hubris created spectacular disasters or catastrophic failures. Inspired by our Conspiracy Theory Night, this Meet
Up encourages anyone in attendance to bring your "favorite historical fail" to present to the group.
We're talking about things like lobotomies, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, over-the-counter opium, deadly wood alcohol of Prohibition, or the Galloping Gertie bridge collapse, etc... If hindsight was 20/20, then it probably counts...
*How it will work:*
* **Resources:** No resource list this time- find your rabbit hole. (Although reading Pandora's Lab by Offit and Bad Science by Goldacre have great ideas.)
* **Expectations:** Whether you fully deep-dive into a topic and give a powerpoint presenta
Official details
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- Deep Dives & Drafts: Monthly Study/Book Club
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- Meetup
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