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Blindsided 11: Consciousness Is a Bug, Not a Feature

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Join Brian and Steven as the scramblers and the vampire demon challenge the value of the very essence of of what makes us us.

Check out the awesome companion website sxp made!

The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes.

The starting quote for this episode is: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” —Emerson M. Pugh

This episode’s discussion ends at the quote:“You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein

The last quote in the book is: Species used to go extinct. Now they go on hiatus.” —Deborah MacLennan, Tables of our Reconstruction

But we’ll be reading the notes and references too.

  continue reading

500 episodes

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Content provided by podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast and Podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast and Podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Join Brian and Steven as the scramblers and the vampire demon challenge the value of the very essence of of what makes us us.

Check out the awesome companion website sxp made!

The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes.

The starting quote for this episode is: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” —Emerson M. Pugh

This episode’s discussion ends at the quote:“You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein

The last quote in the book is: Species used to go extinct. Now they go on hiatus.” —Deborah MacLennan, Tables of our Reconstruction

But we’ll be reading the notes and references too.

  continue reading

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