The Bayesian Conspiracy

A conversational podcast for the less hardcore rationalist, who wants to level-up their rational skills while having fun.

225 – Live at Lighthaven!

Enjoy 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 →

11-14
02:38:42

Bonus? The 10-Finger Demon

A hypothetical about a finger-collecting demon throws Eneasz for a major loop.

11-10
53:32

Live Show At Lighthaven

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 →

11-08
00:49

224 – Cringe Gates and Cultural Drift

We 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 →

10-30
01:41:37

Bayes Blast 36 – AI Grifters in Birmingham

AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte Slide The “TESCREAL” Bungle  by Ozy Brennan AskWho Casts AI podcast

10-23
13:08

223 – Going Back to the Classics

Classic, 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 →

10-14
02:06:50

Bonus – Discord Culture (preview)

Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via our Patreon or our SubStack!

10-14
16:43

Bayes Blast 35 – Disproving The Blindsight Thesis

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 Godshatter

10-13
09:10

Bayes Blast 34 – Content Moderation is Infosec

Steven 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.

10-06
15:29

222 – Consciousness As Recursive Reflections with Daniel Böttger

We 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 →

10-02
01:59:09

Bayes Blast 33 – Porn Sims

Can we achieve our true potential? based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital also mentioned: Meetups Everywhere 2024 Are You Jesus or Hitler

09-27
07:48

221 – Why The Field? Why Zombies?? with Liam

Eneasz 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 →

09-18
02:28:02

Bayes Blast 32 – Canadian Health Care

A surprising update for two previously maple-pilled Yanks

09-16
05:23

220 – Chalmer’s Zombies, with Liam

We 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 →

09-04
02:03:06

219 – On Excellence, with Tracing Woodgrains

Inspired 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 →

08-21
01:22:26

218 – Bentham’s Bulldog and the Best Argument for God

Spurred 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 →

08-07
02:14:29

217 – Consensual Violence with Rikard

Rikard 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 →

07-24
01:50:09

216 – On Dying (And Cryonics)

Rachel 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 →

07-10
02:28:27

Bayes Blast 31 – Blowing Hot Air (Free Version)

Brandon 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 →

07-08
18:33

215 – Rationalism and Religion, with Brandon Hendrickson

Brandon 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 →

06-26
02:18:59

Pablo Vvb

I think the tax would work better against speculation/landlord profit AND against uprooting old people who can't afford it, if it starts on the second property you own, not your primary residency

05-08 Reply

Ava Niyakan

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12-28 Reply

Lesley

Thought kids grew out of the 'like' disease. Clearly not in the USA. So I'm going to "like" switch off.

12-28 Reply

mickey mór

kind of dull

04-23 Reply

Larry Brown

pushes that their group isn't a cult.... discuss designs for pamphlets to show how "correct" their group's ideology is............

09-17 Reply

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