The Bayesian Conspiracy
Episodes
28 – Effective Altruism
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Being effective vs. feeling good. EA is a big topic, this is really just an intro for the uninitiated. The Life You Can Save, by Peter Singer (and the...
27 – On Punching Nazis
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When is it OK to punch Nazis? With Sean. Original Richard Spencer being punched video Follow-up video of the guy who punched him being briefly confro...
26 – Concept Networks and Hanging Nodes
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eliezer Yudkowsky’s original post on Neural Categories and hanging nodes. Scott Alexander on Diseased Thinking and a longer essay Concept Networks. ...
25 – Tinder, Actually
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Conspirators meander through various topics, using a Tinder encounter as a framing story: Steven’s OKCupid stats come from Rationally Spea...
24 – Signaling
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hanson’s “What is Signaling?” Scott Alexander’s definition of signaling: a method of conveying information among not-necessarily-trus...
23 – Desirism with Alonzo Fyfe
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alonzo blogs at The Atheist Ethicist Common Sense Atheism’s ULTIMATE Desirism FAQ Link to The Atheist Ethicist’s overview of Desirism Wikia page o...
22 – Moral Philosophy
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Doing the Right Thing Wikipedia on: Consequentialism Ethical Egoism Deontology Divine Command Theory Moral Relativism Virtue Ethics Care Ethics Euthyp...
Bonus mini-episode: Trump-Reacting
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The conspirators discuss a minor setback. The Safety Pin movement Scott Alexander on your model of the electorate A slightly-more-articulate version o...
21 – Kids, These Days
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Considerations on Procreation Not having kids – is it like drinking unicorn blood, in that you’ll lead a cursed life, a half-life? How The Woman G...
20 – What’s important?
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Subjects the politicians aren’t talking about, that they really should be talking about. Links! UN resolution on antibiotics US banning of antibioti...
19 – Political Pitfalls
12 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Note: Oops! We accidentally used a crummy laptop microphone. Audio is lower quality for this episode. Links: Politics is the Mind Killer on Less W...
18 – Robin Hanson Interview
28 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with GMU economist Robin Hanson. (note that the audio improves significantly when we switch mics at ~20min) Robin blogs at Overcoming Bias We...
17 – The Feels
14 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Feelings – should we have them? The Conspiracy decides! This American Life episode about Testosterone Julia Galef’s presentation on The Straw Vulc...
16 – Animals Again
31 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We addressed a couple things that we missed last time, and got carried away. Katrina referenced the book “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Anim...
15 – Animals
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Katrina referenced the book “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?” Wiki page about the author. See also, wikipedia on animal cogniti...
14 – Street Epistemology
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve (@youngidealist on twitter) talks to us about Street Epistemology The Street Epistemology website, which has been significantly updated and expa...
13 – Game Theory
20 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s about modeling agents making decisions, not game design. 🙂 – EB …but you can also apply game theory to game design. – KS Yvain’s seq...
12 – Listener Feedback
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We covered ten episodes of feedback in one hour (and a half)! After this, we’ll reply to comments regularly at the end of episodes. Comment either a...
11 – Voting
22 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is it rational to vote? We realize the audio quality when we have live guests is terrible, we’re working to fix that now, hopefully things will star...
10 – Polyamory (part 2)
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of our conversation on polyamory, because we talked and talked and the episode went long. As with Part 1, positions of other parties, ...
9 – Polyamory (part 1)
01 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What’s Polyamory got to do with Rationalism anyway? Be Advised: 1.) This episode contains curse words. 2.) Always, but especially when talking about...
8 – Interview with Brian Dunning
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Brian Dunning, best known as the host/creator of the Skeptoid podcast. He has also created Here Be Dragons, a 40-minute introduction to ...
7 – Kill All Humans?
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
[content warning: suicide, human extinction. Might be a bad idea to listen to if you suffer suicidal tendencies.] We speak to Jason, who would take ...
6 – Cryonics
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Conspirators talk cryonics. Spoiler alert, they are signed up (and signing up soon) for the big freeze. Katrina is a cryocrastinator. The in-depth...
5 – When Grandmas ask “What is Rationality?”
06 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An ELI5 (Explain Like I’m 5) episode. Our answers when someone asks “What is Rationality anyway?” and they have a bit of time. (If they don’t ...
4 – AlphaGo, with Patrick Chapin
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Chapin (of Top Level Podcast) joins us as a guest-host to talk about AlphaGo’s recent victory over Go master Lee Sedol. We get a primer on h...
3 – Interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We welcomed the one, the only, Eliezer Yudkowsky to the Bayesian Conspiracy for a quick chat. His latest project is Arbital, an ambitious effort to ...
2 – What is this “Sanity Waterline” you speak of?
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can the Sanity Waterline be raised? Should it be? And just what does that mean anyway? Based on the post “Raising The Sanity Waterline” Also relev...
1 – What Use is Rationality?
18 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We spent the hour trying to answer a question posed to Eneasz regarding his work with the Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Podcast. Here is...