Rationality: From AI to Zombies
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Fake Optimization Criteria
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - Fake Optimization Criteria
The Tragedy of Group Selectionism
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - The Tragedy of Group Selectionism
Evolving to Extinction
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - Evolving to Extinction
No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices
Evolutions are Stupid (But Work Anyway)
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - Evolutions are Stupid (But Work Anyway)
The Wonder of Evolution
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - The Wonder of Evolution
An Alien God
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution - An Alien God
Interlude: The Power of Intelligence
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Interlude: The Power of Intelligence
Minds: An Introduction
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book III: The Machine in the Ghost - Minds: An Introduction
The Ritual
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - The Ritual
Crisis Of Faith
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - Crisis Of Faith
Leave a Line of Retreat
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - Leave a Line of Retreat
No One Can Exempt Your From Rationality's Laws
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - No One Can Exempt Your From Rationality's Laws
The Meditation On Curiosity
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - The Meditation On Curiosity
You Can Face Reality
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - You Can Face Reality
The Proper Use Of Doubt
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - The Proper Use Of Doubt
Just Lose Hope Already
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - Just Lose Hope Already
The Crackpot Offer
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - The Crackpot Offer
The Importance Of Saying "Oops"
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part K: Letting Go - The Importance Of Saying "Oops"
Cultish Countercultishness
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Cultish Countercultishness
Lonely Dissent
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Lonely Dissent
On Expressing Your Concerns
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - On Expressing Your Concerns
Asch's Conformity Experiment
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Asch's Conformity Experiment
Two Cult Koans
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Two Cult Koans
Guardians of Ayn Rand
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Guardians of Ayn Rand
Guardians of the Gene Pool
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Guardians of the Gene Pool
Guardians of the Truth
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Guardians of the Truth
Every Cause Wants to be a Cult
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Every Cause Wants to be a Cult
The Robbers Cave Experiment
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - The Robbers Cave Experiment
When None Dare Urge Restraint
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - When None Dare Urge Restraint
Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs
Uncritical Supercriticality
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Uncritical Supercriticality
Resist The Happy Death Spiral
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Resist The Happy Death Spiral
Affective Death Spirals
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Affective Death Spirals
Mere Messiahs
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Mere Messiahs
Superhero Bias
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Superhero Bias
The Halo Effect
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - The Halo Effect
Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, and Futurism
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, and Futurism
Evaluability (and Cheap Holiday Shopping)
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - Evaluability (and Cheap Holiday Shopping)
The Affect Heuristic
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part J: Death Spirals - The Affect Heuristic
The Genetic Fallacy
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - The Genetic Fallacy
Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
We Change Our Minds Less often Than We Think
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - We Change Our Minds Less often Than We Think
How To Seem (And Be) Deep
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - How To Seem (And Be) Deep
The Virtue of Narrowness
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - The Virtue of Narrowness
The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence
Stranger Than History
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Stranger Than History
Original Seeing
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Original Seeing
The "Outside the Box" Box
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - The "Outside the Box" Box
Cached Thoughts
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Cached Thoughts
Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Do We Believe Everything We're Told?
Priming and Contamination
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Priming and Contamination
Anchoring and Adjustment
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part I: Seeing with Fresh Eyes - Anchoring and Adjustment
Don't Believe You'll Self Deceive
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - Don't Believe You'll Self Deceive
Moore's Paradox
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - Moore's Paradox
Belief in Self Deception
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - Belief in Self Deception
No, Really, I've Deceived Myself
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - No, Really, I've Deceived Myself
Doublethink (Choosing To Be Biased)
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - Doublethink (Choosing To Be Biased)
Singlethink
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part H: Against Doublethink - Singlethink
Dark Side Epistemology
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Dark Side Epistemology
Of Lies And Black Swan Blow Ups
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Of Lies And Black Swan Blow Ups
Entangled Truths, Contagious Lies
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Entangled Truths, Contagious Lies
Is That Your True Rejection?
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Is That Your True Rejection?
Fake Justification
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Fake Justification
Motivated Stopping and Motivated Continuation
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Motivated Stopping and Motivated Continuation
Avoiding Your Belief's Real Weak Points
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Avoiding Your Belief's Real Weak Points
A Rational Argument
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - A Rational Argument
Rationalization
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Rationalization
What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
The Bottom Line
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - The Bottom Line
One Argument Against an Army
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - One Argument Against an Army
Update Yourself Incrementally
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Update Yourself Incrementally
Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part G: Against Rationalization - Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People
Human Evil and Muddled Thinking
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Human Evil and Muddled Thinking
Rationality and The English Language
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Rationality and The English Language
Hug The Query
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Hug The Query
Argument Screens Off Authority
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Argument Screens Off Authority
Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Are Your Enemies Innately Evil?
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Are Your Enemies Innately Evil?
Correspondence Bias
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Correspondence Bias
The Scales of Justice, the Notebook of Rationality
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - The Scales of Justice, the Notebook of Rationality
Policy Debates Should not Appear One-Sided
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Policy Debates Should not Appear One-Sided
Politics is the Mind-Killer
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part F: Politics and Rationality - Politics is the Mind-Killer
Your Rationality Is My Business
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - Your Rationality Is My Business
0 and 1 Are Not Probabilities
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - 0 and 1 Are Not Probabilities
Infinite Certainty
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - Infinite Certainty
How To Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - How To Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
Absolute Authority
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - Absolute Authority
The Fallacy Of Gray
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - The Fallacy Of Gray
But There's Still A Chance Right?
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - But There's Still A Chance Right?
New Improved Lottery
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - New Improved Lottery
Lotteries A Waste of Hope
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - Lotteries A Waste of Hope
The Third Alternative
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - The Third Alternative
The Proper Use Of Humility
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Part E: Overly Convenient Excuses - The Proper Use Of Humility
Rationality: An Introduction
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book II: How to Actually Change Your Mind - Rationality: An Introduction
Interlude - The Simple Truth
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book I: Map and Territory - Part D: Mysterious Answers - Interlude - The Simple Truth
Truly Part of You
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book I: Map and Territory - Part D: Mysterious Answers - Truly Part of You
"Science" as a Curiosity-Stopper
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book I: Map and Territory - Part D: Mysterious Answers - "Science" as a Curiosity-Stopper
Explain/Worship/Ignore?
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book I: Map and Territory - Part D: Mysterious Answers - Explain/Worship/Ignore?
Making History Available
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Book I: Map and Territory - Part D: Mysterious Answers - Making History Available