

podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast
podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast
The internet's first source for Rationalist Fiction in audio format!
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 6, 2014 • 31min
Essays 2
On Gods – real and otherwise
Religion’s Claim to be Non-Disprovable complete text
An Alien God complete text

Jul 23, 2014 • 11min
Comes The Huntsman
Comes The Huntsman
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Rachael Acks blogs at katsudon.net. She was most recently published in LightSpeed’s Women Destroy Science Fiction issue. She is currently working on a short film she wrote the script for, here.
ETA 7/23 11pm: It slipped my mind that this was a gift story, so there’s that too.

Jul 9, 2014 • 30min
The Study of Anglophysics, part 2 (of 2)
The Doom That Came to Adwellia
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Scott Alexander blogs at SlateStarCodex.com, and it’s still my favorite blog. Amazing insights, sharp humor, and excellent writing.

Jun 25, 2014 • 29min
The Study of Anglophysics, part 1 (of 2)
The Language of God
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Scott Alexander blogs at SlateStarCodex.com, and it’s currently my favorite blog. Amazing insights, sharp humor, and excellent writing.

Jun 11, 2014 • 17min
Three Dialogs
Original Texts:
Use The Try Harder, Luke
The Vulcan Your Vulcan Could Sound Like, If He Wasn’t Made of Straw
The Last Temptation of Christ

May 28, 2014 • 27min
Earthfic
It’s not about people in 2026, or skinks, or Martians. And the dog does NOT talk.
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Earthfic was written by Alicorn. It can be found at her website, alicorn.elcenia.com, which contains quite a few works by Alicorn, all freely available. They include Luminosity a rationalist Twillight fanfic, and Elcenia an original fantasy fiction series, among others. They’re all quite good!
If Harriet’s voice sounds familiar, it’s because she’s voiced by Ginny DiGuipepsi, formerly of Not Literally. She’s currently appearing as Arya in Ask Westeros. She’s striking off on her own now, and can be found blogging at Ginny Writes.

May 14, 2014 • 19min
Essays 1
And that’s why we have Methods of Rationality.
Expecting Short Inferential Distances complete text
Transhumanism as Simplified Humanism complete text

Apr 30, 2014 • 21min
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Zombie, part 2 (of 2)
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war
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Apr 16, 2014 • 22min
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Zombie, part 1 (of 2)
Hello Hermione my old friend
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Apr 2, 2014 • 21min
101 – Precautionary Measures, Pt 2
Cold Equations
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