{"id":5870,"date":"2021-11-19T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2021-12-02T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:28:06","slug":"fair-metro-west-chapter-hosts-first-event-with-steven-pinker-and-melissa-chen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/fair-metro-west-chapter-hosts-first-event-with-steven-pinker-and-melissa-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Metro West Chapter Hosts First Event with Steven Pinker and  Melissa Chen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5870\" class=\"elementor elementor-5870\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84721ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84721ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-691f942\" data-id=\"691f942\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5cd2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5cd2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5878\" alt=\"event with people\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/metro-west\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2021\/11\/IMG_9410-21.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27719958 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27719958\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cf5c9c1\" data-id=\"6cf5c9c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef94e74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ef94e74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The FAIR Metro West chapter hosted it&#8217;s first in-person event with FAIR Advisors Prof. Steven Pinker and Melissa Chen on November 19th, 2021 at the Italo American Educational Club in Wellesley, MA.<br \/><br \/>Professor Pinker discussed his new book, <em>Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters\u00a0<\/em>and exploring progress, reason and scientific understanding in the 21st century. Melissa Chen conducted an interview style discussion and took spirited questions from the audience at the end.<br \/><br \/>Stay turned for future events, we would love to have you join us!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71f26da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71f26da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbfa5fe\" data-id=\"bbfa5fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7499e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7499e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=7lzoC0dygZs&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAIR Metro West chapter hosted it&#8217;s first in-person event with FAIR Advisors Prof. Steven Pinker and Melissa Chen on November 19th, 2021 at the Italo American Educational Club in Wellesley, MA. 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