March Assembly: Verbal Vagaries
Don't forget to spring forward and join us as we team up with Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley to learn about Verbal Vagaries!
Please note the new Zoom Link below.
We have an exciting lineup for this month's LA Assembly; unfortunately an unexpected illness has befallen our featured speaker and foiled best laid plans. We wish her rest and science-based healing, and in the meantime this Sunday we're vacationing in lovely Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley! Please join us at 11am, or even earlier if you'd like to mingle in breakout rooms starting at 10:30.
Ambiguities in language, such as multiple meanings of words and phrases, seem to make communication inefficient and error prone. But research shows humans are quite adept at making rapid inferences using context clues such as gestures and intonation. This means that although ambiguity might seem inefficient, it is also adaptive--it has evolved to be ambiguous in just the right ways to still be understood by humans.
Our speaker, Benjamin Bergen, directs the Language and Cognition Lab at UC San Diego where he studies language and cognition in the laboratory and in the wild. He’s also the author of Louder than Words, an introduction to the cognitive science of how we manage to extract meaning from the language around us.
We'll be singing with the band on:
Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
Our celebration also includes a reading, how a member is doing their best, and a moment of reflection. Greg C. will be hosting.
Don't let our RSVP numbers dissuade you. We typically have 30+ people join us at our Assemblies. 
Mingling will be from 10:30-11
Assembly from 11-12
And more mingling after
Assembly from 11-12
And more mingling after
SASV is an inclusive secular community, meaning we don’t advocate for any religious or spiritual beliefs, but we do welcome and respect others, including agnostics, atheists, humanists, believers, and LGBTQ.
Sunday Assembly is organized by volunteers. Sharing this event on Facebook and beyond; suggesting speakers, contributors, or online gatherings; and other offers to help are much appreciated.
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All of this will happen via "Zoom!" IMPORTANT: Be sure you register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsf-GopzwjH9CX0H3ZibVCMSdtX_fWZ9Sn
You'll need to click on a link in the email you receive after registering.
If you're unfamiliar with Zoom, it is a video conference platform that allows us to "share space with" with one another while adhering to the physical distancing laws in place. The instructions for Zoom can be found below. If you are struggling with access or have questions, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]
Zoom instructions:
- If it is your first time using Zoom, feel free to use your laptop or desktop browser to test it out prior to the day of Assembly: https://zoom.us/test
- If you're using a mobile device, the Zoom app can be found in both the Apple App store and Android Marketplace.
- Register now at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsf-GopzwjH9CX0H3ZibVCMSdtX_fWZ9Sn
-then use the link in your email to join us on Sunday.
- There will be a call-in option of your technology isn't compatible.
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Sunday Assembly is a volunteer-driven non-profit entirely funded by attendee donations.
f you'd like to see SALA continue to develop positive secular community, please consider becoming a sustaining member at https://sundayassemblyla.nationbuilder.com/monthly
Or making a one-time donation at https://sundayassemblyla.nationbuilder.com/donate
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Questions, feedback, special requests? Email us at [email protected]!
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Questions, feedback, special requests? Email us at [email protected]!
WHEN
March 14, 2021 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
WHERE
CONTACT
Ryan Trout
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