

The Bayesian Conspiracy
The Bayesian Conspiracy
A conversational podcast for aspiring rationalists.
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Apr 21, 2021 • 2h 37min
135 – Live Episode #2
This is the recording of the live episode we held on 4/18/2021. Things mentioned: Amazing Man 2: Love Conquers All BBC receives 109,741 complaints over Prince Philip coverage “My Immortal” As Alchemical Allegory The Count Censored The Venus Project Uncultured Swine’s episode on The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas The AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s […]

Apr 15, 2021 • 36sec
Live Episode Announcement
The Live Episode will be in our Discord this Sunday (April 18th) at 12:00 Noon Mountain Time (which is UTC -6). Anyone can join the audio channel and listen along. Anyone who wants to chat with us or ask questions (which is the primary purpose of this episode) can be given Live Guest role to […]

Apr 7, 2021 • 2h 10min
134 – We’ve Got Class
The gang discusses class in America, and Scott Alexander’s Modest Proposal to destroy American politics. Source posts: Fussell On Class, and A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class” Also mentioned: RattleFic Podcast Our episode on Albion’s Seed Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to […]

Mar 24, 2021 • 2h 20min
133 – Is Libertarianism a Gateway Drug to Anarcho-Capitalism?
David is back for us to pester him with questions about Libertarianism, and he tries to turn us all into Anarchists!! (not really (but he wouldn’t mind)) SPOILER WARNING! This episode contains spoilers for Worm, and for Pulp Fiction. The Mind Killer podcast “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” by Ted Chiang is […]

Mar 10, 2021 • 2h 38min
132 – Mind Killed by Libertarianism
The trio unites with the Mind Killers to get mind killed on Libertarianism! Not mentioned in the episode, but worth putting here – SSC’s Anti-Libertarian FAQ Elinor Ostrom’s book – Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action The Mind Killer podcast Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also […]

Feb 24, 2021 • 2h 9min
131 – Feedback Grab Bag
We catch up on some feedback and address a handful of items that have been banging around. “We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think” How to eat nature balls (The Universal Edibility Test) Martyr Made podcast The Mind Killer podcast Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! (and as […]

Feb 10, 2021 • 2h 15min
130 – The Cause of the Hate Revolution (or: Hate is the New Sex)
2/3rds of the Conspiracy discusses “Hate is the New Sex” What You Can’t Say, by Paul Graham – audio at Second Ennumerations Scissor’s Statements coined at SSC post “Sort By Controvertial” Bird’s Aren’t Real The Metropolitan Man (and We Want MoR Superman analysis podcast) Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also […]

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 how chickens are mostly walking meat-factories has been found! Take it with the understanding that […]

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 Twin’s video expressing disbelief that anyone could believe the election was fair 538 on police […]

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 aging Including ‘aging clocks’ which permit you to estimate the ‘biological age’ or time to […]


