The Bayesian Conspiracy

The Bayesian Conspiracy


Latest Episodes

Bayes Blast 23 – Less Fingers = Less Blasting?
December 01, 2023

Are there other ways to disincentivize attempted murder? Related Episodes: 196and198 and BB22

Bayes Blast 22 – The Penal System
November 30, 2023

You thought the title was a penis joke? For shame. Steven updates Eneasz on the outcome of the trial he served jury duty on in August. Related Episodes: 196 and 198

201 – The Educated Mind + More with Brandon Hendrickson (part 2)
November 29, 2023

We talk more with Brandon Hendrickson about his ACX-contest winning book review of The Educated Mind by Kieran Egan. Also discussions of rationality, post-rationalism, and more. The winning book revie

200 – The Educated Mind with Brandon Hendrickson
November 15, 2023

We talk with Brandon Hendrickson about his ACX-contest winning book review of The Educated Mind by Kieran Egan. Anovel theory about why schools, as they are now, dont work. The winning book review

199 – Polyamory with Aella and Yassine
November 01, 2023

We are talking poly again, with Aella and Yassine. NOTE LINKS Why Your Polyamorous Friends Relationship Sucks by Aella The Amory Spectrum by Aella Yassines The Bailey podcast episode on polyamory

198 – Tuskegee & Age/Race Bias?
October 19, 2023

Two smaller episodes dropped as one The History of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and Reflections on Stevens Jury Experience LINKS We Tuskegeed My Dad Unraveling the Tuskegee Study of Untreated

197 – What To Expect When You’re Expecting To Go To Burning Man
October 04, 2023

We talk with Charlie and Alex about going to Burning Man to help prep Steven to maybe go next year LINKS You Will Be Miserable, And It Will Set You Free Eneaszs post on Burning Man Burning Man Surv

Bayes Blast 21 – Dudes Catching Son of Sam and Dread Pirate Roberts
September 23, 2023

How non-expert dudes caught bad dudes.

196 – Steven Goes To Court
September 20, 2023

Steven achieved his dream of serving on a jury. Our local lawyer Justin returns to score him on rational jurying. 0:00:23 All Rise 1:51:30 Less Wrong Posts 2:06:55 Guild of the RoseUpdate 2:09:

195 – KataGo vs AlphaGo: Fight!
September 06, 2023

Matts back which means we have some more AI stuff to talk about! KataGo was built as an adversary to AlphaGo and can beat it 94% of the time using a mere 8% of the computational power! The trick to