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Jan 27, 2021 • 2h 22min

129 – Sympathy For The Devil

We talk with Lucien Greaves, co-founder of The Satanic Temple. We discuss seperation of church & state, abortion rights, and the value of federal religious recognition. Baphomet Satanic Aborition Ritual Grey Faction  Find a local chapter That old article about … Continue reading →
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Jan 12, 2021 • 1h 60min

128 – The Q-Coup

We had a topic for this week, but it was prempted by the spectacle of a headlong collision between a delusional mob and harsh reality. Footage from inside the mob as it storms the capital building Riot timeline The Hodge … Continue reading →
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Dec 30, 2020 • 1h 55min

127 – All About Aging with Richard Acton

Richard Acton answered our plea for an expert in the field of aging science! He’s Post-doctoral researcher and bioinformatician at CECAD, A Cluster of Excellence Aging research institute at the University of Cologne. His PhD work focused on the Epigenetics of … Continue reading →
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Dec 16, 2020 • 2h 21min

126 – LessWrong 2.0 and Books

The conspirators are joined by Ben and Oliver from the LessWrong team. In addition to standing up a new and improved platform for LessWrong and revitalizing the community, they’ve compiled about 40 posts from 2018 and put them in physical … Continue reading →
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Dec 2, 2020 • 2h 15min

125 – Hacking Away at Careers

The conspirators share potential weaknesses in the career-distribution system that too many people don’t exploit. With the usual amount of meandering along the way. 80,000 hours Two articles from Tim Ferriss’s blog Optimal Employment – LessWrong Here’s an older episode … Continue reading →
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Nov 18, 2020 • 2h 9min

124 – Longevity

A listener wants to know if we can reach life extension escape velocity. LessWrong open thread on “true” life expectancy, and post on Three Open Problems in Aging The SENS Research Foundation Elysium announces their NMN trial, and the ClinicalTrials.gov … Continue reading →
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Nov 4, 2020 • 2h 5min

123 – Stuff Has Been Weird Lately

The trio, like the rest of the country, has been under a bit of stress lately. We spend some time venting and talking about framing devices to cope with the state of the world, then move onto lighter random topics. … Continue reading →
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Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 45min

122 – EARN IT vs America

The EARN IT Act was introduce in March, it’s a disgusting censorship policy, and no one is talking about it. But wait it gets worse, because the LAED Act came a few months later and is a direct attack on … Continue reading →
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Oct 7, 2020 • 2h 18min

121 – Crony Beliefs

The trio sits down to discuss Kevin Simler’s essay “Crony Beliefs“. It’s awesome and absolutely worth reading the whole thing. Ignore all the stuff we said about climate change and the wildfires. The emailers we got were right. Listen to … Continue reading →
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Sep 23, 2020 • 2h

120 – Why Can’t We Brain Good?

We address frustration with how hard it is to wrangle these brains. Wikipedia on Cognitive Distortions Spamming Mirco Intentions Richard Wiseman’s books 59 Seconds, and As If Replacing Guilt Animal Madness book A free cbt workbook We mention CBT a … Continue reading →

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