The Bayesian Conspiracy
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167 – Jugaad Ethics
A Jugaad is like a hack that combines a new thing that doesnt work anymore with an old thing that sorta worked, as a temporary solution. Now do it for Ethics. (note: due to technical issue, the last
166 – Getting Lucky
Luck is the most power force in the universe, and leaving power untapped is not very rational. Searching for Outliers How to Get Lucky Also mentioned: Feedback Its Probably Not Lithium The audio ve
165 – DREAM: Dunbar Rules Everything Around Me
Dunbars Number is both the cause of and downfall of Human Civilization Low-Status degrades your health Your Book Review: The Dawn Of Everything Mentioned in the follow-ups section: Lithium suspect? A
164 – Pregnancy is Body Horror
Katrina is back!! We talk about how pregnancy isnt super easy, and is borderline body horror. War In The Womb Expecting Better book Pregnant Women Are Smug Racial Differences in Maternal Mortality Ho
163 – Effective Aesthetics
Étienne Fortier-Dubois argues that Effective Altruism has an Aesthetics problem But first! Some extended listener feedback Nuclear War is A-OK if you’re Russian State TV Three Bodies At Mitani A Guide
162 – Roe No Mo’
Roe v Wade is going away. This sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. Polls show most Americans support allowing abortion in the first weeks, banning it in the last trimester. In state’s where it’s
161 – Restoring the Kingdom of Hawai’i
Not long ago, Hawai’i was a constitutional monarchy. A lot of Hawaiian residents want that restored. Travis Don Kailikea Paradea takes us through what happened, and what’s going down now. Recommended
160 – GAI is Imminent
Four Major AI Advancements In One Week! New Scaling Laws for Large Language Models – essentially everyone has been training large language models with a deeply suboptimal use of compute Googles Pathwa
159 – Cryonics Concerns, and Theses On Sleep
We address theoretical cryonics concerns, and discuss Guzey’s Theses On Sleep 3:15 Cryonics Concerns 49:21 Theses On Sleep 1:23:01 LW posts 1:50:16 Thank the Patron Also mentioned: LW Cryonics Pro
Monarchy Reactions – post Episode 158 discussion (Teaser)
The Conspirators regroup to discuss if/how their views on monarchy have changed. The full episode is available for our Patrons Mentioned: List of Current States With Monarchs CGP Gray’s Rules for Rule