The Bayesian Conspiracy

The conversation kicks off with playful insights into thought experiments involving technology and sexuality. They humorously navigate epistemology while discussing pop culture and the Me Too movement. Productivity techniques get deep dives, including the Pomodoro method and the concept of productive procrastination. The hosts explore personal anecdotes surrounding tattoos and accountability tools. Finally, they touch on the science of habit formation, the importance of sleep, and the complex nature of expressing uncertainty in discussions.

Steven can’t read a calender, so accidentally scheduled this to release a day late. In this episode, we talk with Andrés Gómez Emilsson from the Qualia Research Institute. Buckle up for some dialogue on the intersection between philosophy and science. Steven was testing a new mic this episode, and thus sounds like he’s phoning it […]

We kick off a couple things: The Sequences Reading/Discussion, and What Lies Dreaming The OG Sequences in chronological order we read: The Martial Art of Rationality ; Why Truth? And… ; …What’s a Bias Again? For next time: The Proper Use of Humility ; The Modesty Argument Collated & edited in: Rationality: AI to Zombies also as a podcast, and a […]

Alas, we had some technical difficulties in this episode too and we lost some small chunks of audio. I cropped it as best I could, but there’s some little bits where you can tell the audio skips a bit. Today’s main topic/recommended reading: Memetic Tribes and War Culture Petrov Day (There’s an XKCD for everything!) and […]

Matt Freeman may be distant in body, but he is present in spirit Moridinamael’s A Dialogue on Rationalist Activism KatjaGrace’s Are ethical asymmetries from property rights? Yudkowsky’s Transhumanism as Simplified Humanism Very Bad Wizards ep 148 Am I Wrong? Moridinamael’s Spamming Micro-Intentions to Generate Willpower Crystal Society podcast The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky – actually from […]

This episode has some audio quirks. We ended up having our recording software crash (but saved most of our audio) after about an hour and 15 minutes, so we have a tone shift at that point since we took a 20 minute break while we got our stuff back up and running. A Dialogue on […]

A confluence of time-expensive events prevented us from recording an episode this week. However, since Shut Up And Do The Impossible: The Rational Fiction Online Anthology was just released, we’re podcasting a story from that anthology instead. This audio was first released at The Methods of Rationality podcast. Sword of Good original text Shut Up […]

The discussion kicks off with listener feedback on homeschooling, sparking debates over biases and family dynamics. The value of prestigious institutions versus state schools is challenged, revealing surprising insights about networking and autonomy. The conversation flows to productivity tools, including a humorous take on modern and traditional agricultural practices. With discussions about procrastination and effective techniques like the Pomodoro method, the speakers share personal stories about task management and explore the dynamics of productivity in today’s digital age.

Eneasz is still allergic to mysticism, but he really likes thinking of society as a super-being that guides humans and cares about their actions. Does this foresay doom for our host? A correction: Eneasz made a joke about Calvanists being Catholics, which is the opposite of the truth, they’re a sect of Protestantism. Oops! Outside […]

It’s only almost as crazy as it sounds. A bunch of links to help you get started on Magick! UltraCulture’s guide: The Complete Psychonaut Field Manual: A Cartoon Guide to Chaos Magick RUNE SOUP links: All things Sigils Sigils Reboot: How to Get Big Magic From Little Squiggles Very Bad Company – Occultism and Power Even a […]