The Bayesian Conspiracy

We talk with Brandon Hendrickson about his ACX-contest winning book review of The Educated Mind by Kieran Egan. “A novel theory about why schools, as they are now, don’t work.” The winning book review in its original text (also in audio (itunes, spotify)) Brandon’s substack – The Lost Tools of Learning Science Is Weird – a […]

Guests Aella and Yassine discuss polyamory, exploring the definition and role of restrictions in non-monogamous relationships. They debate the framing of polyamory versus monogamy, dive into the challenges of communication and trust, and touch on the perception of sex workers. The speakers also explore seeking novelty in relationships, objections to polyamory, and the concept of costly signals as a way to establish trust. They conclude by discussing the Guild of the Rose and the significance of blood types in Japan.

Two smaller episodes dropped as one – The History of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and Reflections on Steven’s Jury Experience LINKS We Tuskegeed My Dad Unraveling the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis SNL skit Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Enhancement Drug 196 – Steven Goes To Court Erik Hoel on the Threat to Humanity from AI […]

We talk with Charlie and Alex about going to Burning Man to help prep Steven to maybe go next year LINKS You Will Be Miserable, And It Will Set You Free – Eneasz’s post on Burning Man Burning Man Survival Guide The Time I Failed To Join A Cult – look at the fun you […]

How non-expert dudes caught bad dudes.

Steven achieved his dream of serving on a jury. Our local lawyer Justin returns to score him on rational jurying. 0:00:23 – All Rise 1:51:30 – Less Wrong Posts 2:06:55 – Guild of the Rose Update 2:09:28 – Thank the Patron We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Hey look, we have […]

Matt’s back which means we have some more AI stuff to talk about! KataGo was built as an adversary to AlphaGo and can beat it 94% of the time using a mere 8% of the computational power! The trick to it ties into an older LessWrong post – The Strangest Thing an AI Could Tell […]

We talk with Aella about some of the results of her absolutely massive sex & kink survey LINKS Aella’s Substack Aella’s Twitter You don’t need a perfectly random sample for useful data, jfc Women Prefer More Violent Porn Monogamous men in long-term relationships aren’t doin too hot Want to maybe marry Aella? Here’s her Date-Me […]

Kill yourself for no reason, or save others? Lisatomic’s Poll Roko’s Poll Eneasz’s annoyance Scissor’s Statements origin

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