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Bayes Blast 40 – HPMOR 10 Year Anniversary Parties
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11:57Want to run an HPMOR Anniversary Party, or get notified if one’s happening near you? Fill this out!Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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231 – SuperBabies, with Gene Smith
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1:48:31Gene 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…
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Bayes Blast 39 – Ladylike for Autistics
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22:00Eneasz tells Jen about Sympathetic Opposition’s How and Why to be Ladylike (For Women with Autism), and the podcast takes a 1-episode breakKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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230 – Making Dating Not Suck with Jacob Falkovich
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1:21:24Jacob 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…
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How shitcoins work, plus the Dumb Money movie about the GameStop squeeze.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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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 PollKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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229 – Integrating Emotions
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1:26:37Eric discusses integrating our emotions via observation and adjustment. His free course is at EnjoyExisting.org or email him – eric@ericlanigan.com LINKS EnjoyExisting.org Ugh Fields You Have Two Brains – Eneasz spends more words on this emotion-brain speculation at this blog LessWrong/Lighthaven Donations – you have until Jan 13! 00:00:05 – Integr…
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If you haven’t yet, go fill out the 2024 LW Census. Right here.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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228 – The Deep Lore of LightHaven, with Oliver Habryka
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2:06:28Oliver tells us how Less Wrong instantiated itself into physical reality, along with a bit of deep lore of foundational Rationalist/EA orgs. Donate to LightCone (caretakers of both LessWrong and LightHaven) here! LINKS LessWrong LightHaven Oliver’s very in-depth post on the funding situation (again) Donate Eneasz’s nominated 2023 post/story on Less…
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227 – Longevity, Aimed Communities, Network States, with Zoe Isabel Senon
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1:46:12We talk to Zoe Isabel Senon about longevity, recent advances, longevity popup cities & group houses, and more (not necessarily in that order). Spoiler: Eneasz is gonna die. Also we learn about Network States! LINKS Vitalist Bay Aevitas House – remember that for these Zoe it helps if you mention you listen to The Bayesian Conspiracy as examples of a…
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226 – The Illusion of Moral Decline
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1:38:49We discuss Adam Mastroianni’s “The Illusion of Moral Decline” LINKS The Illusion of Moral Decline Touchat Wearable Blanket Hoodie Lighthaven – Eternal September Our episode with Adam on The Rise and Fall of Peer Review The Mind Killer Scott Aaronson … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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225 – Live at Lighthaven!
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2:38:42Enjoy the public conversations we had the pleasure of having at our live show at Lighthaven in Berkeley. Special thanks to Andrew, Matt, J, Ben and Garrett! Due to the nature of this recording, it’s naturally a bit less refined … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bonus? The 10-Finger Demon
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53:32A hypothetical about a finger-collecting demon throws Eneasz for a major loop.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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If you’re near Berkeley on 11/13/24 at 4pm, come see us! Address and info at this link. We’ll take a few questions from email at bayesianconspiracypodcast@gmail.com please let us know if you’re a supporter so we can give extra thanks … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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224 – Cringe Gates and Cultural Drift
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1:41:37We discuss Eneasz’s Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates, briefly touch on Hanson’s Cultural Drift, and tackle a lot of follow-ups and feedback. LINKS Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates (also at TwitterX) Cultural Drift Significant Digits is here! From … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 36 – AI Grifters in Birmingham
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13:08AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte Slide The “TESCREAL” Bungle by Ozy Brennan AskWho Casts AI podcastKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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223 – Going Back to the Classics
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2:06:50Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy. LINKS Cryonics is Free! Dan Dennett – Where Am I? The … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bonus – Discord Culture (preview)
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16:43Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via our Patreon or our SubStack!Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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GPT-o1 demonstrates the Blindsight thesis is likely wrong. Peter Watts on Blindsight Andrew Cutler on origins of consciousness part 1 and part 2 Thou Art GodshatterKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 34 – Content Moderation is Infosec
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15:29Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security. The post discussed here is Como is Infosec.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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222 – Consciousness As Recursive Reflections with Daniel Böttger
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1:59:09We talk with Daniel about his ACX guest post that posits that thoughts are conscious, rather than brains. LINKS Consciousness As Recursive Reflections Seven Secular Sermons Seven Secular Sermons video on TwitterX LightHaven’s Eternal September 0:00:05 – Recursive Reflections 01:29:30 … Continue reading →…
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Can we achieve our true potential? based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital also mentioned: Meetups Everywhere 2024 Are You Jesus or HitlerKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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221 – Why The Field? Why Zombies?? with Liam
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2:28:02Eneasz tries to understand why someone would posit a Chalmers Field, and brings up the horrifying implications. LINKS Zombies! Zombies? 2 Rash 2 Unadvised (the Terra Ignota analysis podcast) The previous TBC episode, where we first discussed other aspects of this … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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220 – Chalmer’s Zombies, with Liam
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2:03:06We dig into the classic LW post Zombies! Zombies? and talk a lot of philosophy with Liam from the 2 Rash 2 Unadvised podcast. I (Steven) spent a bunch of time trying to export the conversation from Discord that Liam, … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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219 – On Excellence, with Tracing Woodgrains
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1:22:26Inspired by Trace’s speech about excellence at VibeCamp 3, Eneasz and Steven speak to Tracing Woodgrains about Excellence and its various aspects LINKS Trace’s SubStack Trace’s Twitter Wes on TracingWoodgrains as the Nietzschean Superman Gymnastics Then vs Now video Evolution … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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218 – Bentham’s Bulldog and the Best Argument for God
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2:14:29Spurred by comments from a couple of episodes ago, we wanted to make sure we didn’t misrepresent Matthew’s position and he agreed to come lay it out for us on the show. Check out the links below to dive in … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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217 – Consensual Violence with Rikard
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1:50:09Rikard joins us to speak about the benefits of consensual violence LINKS Rikard’s Substack – Drunken Masterpieces Rikard is @rikardhjort Twitter Defense Against the Dark Arts is just the Dark Arts The Ultimate Self-Defense Championship Armchair Violence The poem Rikard … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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216 – On Dying (And Cryonics)
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2:28:27Rachel Zuber joins us to talk about hospice work, dying in America, and why she’s less optimistic about cryonics now. LINKS All the Living and the Dead Caitlin Doughty on YouTube CI cryonics case reports Places of Death in the … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 31 – Blowing Hot Air (Free Version)
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18:33Brandon comes back to explain how wind works. Steven and Brandon are not the two you want if you want to quickly get to the point so this went on for a good while. It’s an awesome conversation and Patrons … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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215 – Rationalism and Religion, with Brandon Hendrickson
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2:18:59Brandon Hendrickson takes over the podcast! He interrogates Eneasz about his past, and this crazy rationalist religion idea, and introduces a vast knowledge base of secular religion development. LINKS Brandon’s substack, The Lost Tools of Learning Simple square visualization to … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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The Collinses are back to address follow-up questions, like why is death good? Does population density reduce fertility? Is demographic collapse still a problem? Are child support laws bad? A great discussion is had by all. LINKS Based Camp Three … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Our species has begun to scrute the inscrutable shoggoth! With Matt Freeman 🙂 LINKS Anthropic’s latest AI Safety research paper, on interpretability Anthropic is hiring Episode 93 of The Mind Killer Talkin’ Fallout VibeCamp 0:00:17 – A Layman’s AI Refresher … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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212 – Feedback Extravaganza
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1:40:29A bit of a change of pace this episode. Eneasz and Steven catch up on some feedback we’ve had piling up for the last several weeks. Always feel free to call us out on any bullshit we say or if … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 30 – Less.Online
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23:04Less.Online gathers rationalist writers (and readers) for a major event in Berkeley May 31 – June 2nd. Eneasz will be there! Ben Pace and Raymond Arnold tell us all about it. Get all the details you could want plus tickets … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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211 – The Social Justice Religion with Tracing Woodgrains
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1:44:38“Social justice progressivism (SJP) is the first time most people—including most Christians—have encountered a truly vital religion,” argues Tracing Woodgrains. We dive into this. LINKS The Twitter Essay we’re discussing Tracing Woodgrains on Twitter Tracing Woodgrains’s SubStack Trace’s piece on … Continue reading →…
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210 – Demographic Collapse & Religion with Simone & Malcolm Collins
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1:42:14We speak with Simone and Malcolm from Based Camp and Pronatalist.org. World population is a few decades from collapse if trends continue. Is this bad, and what can be done? LINKS Based Camp YouTube and Podcast Pronatalist.org The mentioned where to … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 29 – VibeClipse
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31:07Steven and Eneasz regale each other and you with our stories, experiences, and takeaways from VibeClipse. The video Eneasz mentioned with him and especially Jen reacting to totality. 🙂 Also, as hinted in this blast and discussed in the last … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 28 – Bass Blast
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17:31Yassine tells us what’s wrong with DJs and reveals their ancient mystical secrets. His post, DJ At Law Watch DJ-crush Tinzo spinning her craftKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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209 – The World’s Most Wholesome Gangbang, with Lucy Belmont (Fluffer B)
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1:31:55We speak to Lucy Belmont, Fluffer B from Aella’s Birthday Gangbang. Guys, this is the most wholesome and fantastic thing we’ve ever heard, for real. LINKS Aella’s post on her birthday gangbang, with many charts and graphs LucyBelmont.com Also Lucy … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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You can now subscribe to us on SubStack. You can hear the Rational!Animorphs fanfic (and Luminosity) at AskWho’s channelKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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208.ai – Eve Theory of Consciousness v3.0 – By Andrew Cutler
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3:03:40The full audio of the article we discuss. Many thanks to AskWho for creating it! It can also be found at https://askwhocastsai.substack.com/p/eve-theory-of-consciousness-v30-by AskWho can be supported at https://www.patreon.com/AskwhoCastsAI and many many more essays and stories are available there.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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208 – Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler
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2:27:30We talk with Andrew Cutler about how pre-modern women spread consciousness through our species via a snake cult. This is a follow up to episode 205, which you should listen to first if you haven’t yet. LINKS Eve Theory of … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 26 – AskWho On The Future of Narration
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18:56The future is now and it’s getting closer by the minute. Everyone check out AskWho’s Patreon and donate if you’re able to. 11Labs is the main tool AskWho uses. We mentioned OpenAI’s Sora. Check out this video.Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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To raise successful adults, children must experience the ability to act in the real world. Jennifer gives practical advice on how to do exactly that in an entirely sane way. LINKS Lenore Skenazy’s original post “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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206 – What Chronic Pain and Trauma Junkies Have In Common
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1:52:14Steven explains the Mind-Body Vicious Cycle of chronic pain to Eneasz, and Eneasz opines on feedback cycles in psychological trauma. Main: The “mind-body vicious cycle” model of RSI & back pain OTHER LINKS Play Tetris after traumatic events to prevent … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 25 – Betting On Love
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22:50Where we marvel at the unparalleled game of our man Phil. Watch Bet On Love, starts at 17 minutes. Dating show portion starts at 24 minutes. The Death Bed Song Wes’s twitter replyKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Bayes Blast 24 – The Answerers
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13:25Lets teach our gods ancient Sumerian only The case for training frontier AIs on Sumerian-only corpus Our previous Snake Cult of Consciousness episode LLAMA PRO: Progressive LLaMA with Block ExpansionKirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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205.ai – The Snake Cult of Consciousness narration
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41:25AskWho from the TBC Discord kindly provided full audio narration of Andrew Cutler’s original post! This is taken directly from AskWho’s substack. You can help him out at his Patreon. Many thanks to AskWho for creating this and giving permission … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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205 – The Snake Cult of Consciousness
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1:57:11We discuss the idea that human consciousness may have literally been kick-started by a ritual developed by a snake cult, which is surprisingly plausible. The Snake Cult of Consciousness by Andrew Cutler or listen to the original post in audio, … Continue reading →Kirjoittanut The Bayesian Conspiracy
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