A movie that somehow did it all. You can find Matt at his regular media-analysis podcast at Doof Media.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Eneasz and Liam discuss Scott Alexander’s post “Twilight of the Edgelords,” an exploration of Truth, Morality, and how one balances love of truth vs not destabilizing the world economy and political regime. CORRECTION: Scott did make an explicitly clear pro Kamala post LINKS Scott Alexander’s Twilight of the Edgelords Liam & Waweru’s fiction & phil…

Max is a tax lawyer who is applying Popperian epistemology to legal science and issues in AI. Links to some more of his work, and the slides to accompany part of this video are below. Slides for Max's talk(s): https://www.bretthall.org/popper-and-legal-science.html Max’s journal article on AI with Eric Marcus (in NLFiscaal TaxTech): NLFiscaal | Pro…

A movie that somehow did it all. You can find Matt at his regular media-analysis podcast at Doof Media.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

A movie that somehow did it all. You can find Matt at his regular media-analysis podcast at Doof Media.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes Fenza and Jen Kesteloot join us to talk about whether there’s significant personality differences between men and women, and what (if anything) we should do about that. LINKS Wes’s post Men and Women are Not That Different Jacob’s quoted post Navigation By Moonlight Eneasz’s related post How To Believe False Things Clearer Thinking’s Gender Con…

This is a "megasode" combining two episodes from Youtube all about the Simulation Hypothesis. In the first part I provide the philosophical basis for the simulation hypothesis as explained especially by Nick Bostrom and compare it to other "ultimate" explanations of reality. In part 2 I discuss and evaluate the arguments made by Scott Adams and Joe…

In this episode of The Cryosphere Podcast, hosts Max Marty and Rebecca Ziegler sit down with Mark Woodward, founder of Wake Bio, who's applying cutting-edge AI techniques to solve one of cryonics' most fundamental challenges: developing superior cryoprotectants. With a background in AI/ML at Google Brain and Stanford, Mark explains how he's now usi…

We speak to Nick Allardice, President & CEO of GiveDirectly. Afterwards Steven and Eneasz get wrapped up talking about community altruism for a bit. LINKS Give Directly GiveDirectly Tech Innovation Fact Sheet 00:00:05 – Give Directly with Nick Allardice 01:12:19 – Steven & Eneasz chat about Community Altruism 01:49:35 – Guild of the Rose 01:51:36 –…

Narrative about meta-narrative. Eneasz and Steven talk about the rest of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Narrative about meta-narrative. Eneasz and Steven talk about the rest of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Narrative about meta-narrative. Eneasz and Steven talk about the rest of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Listen to the entirety of Cowboy Grak 5 over at https://askwhocastsai.substack.com/p/cowboy-grak-5-yet-another-fistfulBy podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Not everything is a reference! Eneasz and Steven talk about half of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Not everything is a reference! Eneasz and Steven talk about half of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Not everything is a reference! Eneasz and Steven talk about half of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Dave Kasten joins us to discuss how AI is being discussed in the US government and gives a rather inspiring and hopeful take. LINKS Narrow Path Center for AI Policy Dave Kasten’s Essay on the Essay Meta on his Substack Prospective donors for CAIP can donate here and potential major donors ($5k+) encouraged to email Jason at [email protected] TBC ep…

The White House wants to hear from you regarding what it should do about AI safety. Now’s your chance to spend a few minutes to make someone read your thoughts on the subject! Submissions are due by midnight EST on March 15th. Submit your comments the the White House here Check out NarrowPathBy The Bayesian Conspiracy

John Bennett discusses Milton Friedman‘s model of policy change. LINKS The Milton Friedman Model of Policy Change John Bennett’s LinkedIn Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom” Preface Ross Rheingans-Yoo on Thalidomide at Complex Systems, and at his blog “Every Bay Area Walled Compound” Trace on the FAA hiring scandal What We Owe the Future (Will MacA…

I recently had the opportunity to participate in "Spectrum Street Epistemology" with @drpeterboghossian and a number of others including @destiny . This episode was inspired by both that event and the many other conversations I had with Peter, Reid, David, Evan, Mia and Travis across the days I spent in Florida with those excellent people engaged i…

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their adventures in the mind of Philip K Dick. We’re gonna keep this going with Blindsight! Come back in a week or two for … part of Blindsight. We’ll figure this out later. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their adventures in the mind of Philip K Dick. We’re gonna keep this going with Blindsight! Come back in a week or two for … part of Blindsight. We’ll figure this out later. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their adventures in the mind of Philip K Dick. We’re gonna keep this going with Blindsight! Come back in a week or two for … part of Blindsight. We’ll figure this out later. Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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Want to run an HPMOR Anniversary Party, or get notified if one’s happening near you? Fill this out!By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Want to run an HPMOR Anniversary Party, or get notified if one’s happening near you? Fill this out!By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Want to run an HPMOR Anniversary Party, or get notified if one’s happening near you? Fill this out!By The Bayesian Conspiracy

The first part of my discussion of the differing visions of science and how scientific knowledge "grows" (or not) according to Thomas Kuhn vs Karl Popper as outlined in this chapter of "The Beginning of Infinity". Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" explains the concept of a "paradigm" and "paradigm shifts" comparing "revolutionary" an…

Gene Smith on polygenic screening; gene editing to give our children the happiest, healthiest, best lives they can live; and if we can do this in adults as well. Plus how this will interface with the AI future. LINKS How To Make Super Babies How to have Polygenically Screened Children Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With Gene Editing May…

Eneasz tells Jen about Sympathetic Opposition’s How and Why to be Ladylike (For Women with Autism), and the podcast takes a 1-episode breakBy The Bayesian Conspiracy

The second in the series on "The Myth of the Framework" paper. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction with some reflections on Joe Rogan and Gad Saad 05:14 Section IVa reading - on “Confrontations” 06:32 Section IVa reflection 09:48 Section IVb reading 10:17 Section IVb reflection 12:14 Section IVc reading - tolerance and respect 13:26 Section IV c reflect…

I take another deep dive into a deeply insightful and original lecture by Karl Popper: The Myth of the Framework. In this first part (of 4) I spend most of the episode unpacking our motivations, Popper's own thoughts on his success in combating bad ideologies and the purposes of discussion. Indeed this piece can be considered an instruction manual …

Jacob Falkovich on finding a good match and selfless dating LINKS SecondPerson.Dating – why dating sucks and how you will unsuck it Jacob’s post on soccer player skill distribution Go Fuck Someone Selfless Dating Consensual Hostility (re consent culture) steelmanning Monogamy A recent(ish) TBC episode on polyamory Eneasz on finding partners that li…

How shitcoins work, plus the Dumb Money movie about the GameStop squeeze.By The Bayesian Conspiracy

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven chew on the Chew-Z madness. The next episode will be delayed by a week, so come back in two weeks for the final three chapters, 11, 12, and 13! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven chew on the Chew-Z madness. The next episode will be delayed by a week, so come back in two weeks for the final three chapters, 11, 12, and 13! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven chew on the Chew-Z madness. The next episode will be delayed by a week, so come back in two weeks for the final three chapters, 11, 12, and 13! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

The best part! If you missed the others, don't miss this one. All four strands come together to explain the possibility of time travel and the intrigue that arises when considering travelling to "your" past or future to visit "yourself". Rough timestamps follow: 00:00 introduction and the significance of virtual reality 04:03 Physically possible re…

An outside broadcast as you will hear. Image generation and virtual reality provide a window on the physics of time travel. Why is that? And what about all those time travel paradoxes? The resolution to all is found herein.By Brett Hall

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven discuss Barney’s trip down depression lane. Come back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven discuss Barney’s trip down depression lane. Come back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven discuss Barney’s trip down depression lane. Come back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Why you definitely should kill your friend’s cat if you promised to kill your friend’s cat. (+Q&A) This is a lightning talk given at the Rationalist MegaMeetup 2024. Based on this Twitter PollBy The Bayesian Conspiracy

Eric discusses integrating our emotions via observation and adjustment. His free course is at EnjoyExisting.org or email him – [email protected] LINKS EnjoyExisting.org Ugh Fields You Have Two Brains – Eneasz spends more words on this emotion-brain speculation at this blog … Continue reading →By The Bayesian Conspiracy

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration the layers of madness that is the mind of Philip K. Dick. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration the layers of madness that is the mind of Philip K. Dick. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration the layers of madness that is the mind of Philip K. Dick. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

An assortment of topics looking forward to 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 Truth is indispensable 04:06 The “search for truth” is error correction 08:11 Remarks on selflessness and personhood. How can we square the two? 09:14 Decisions and free will and creativity 10:46 Truth and the two senses of “believe”. 13:30 Belief, epistemology and psychology 17:16 …

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration of the real and surreal while enjoying some psychedelic plants. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here.By podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their exploration of the real and surreal while enjoying some psychedelic plants. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Also, did you happen across this looking for HPMoR stuff? Find it here. Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast