The Bayesian Conspiracy

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

Society & Culture Ai Philosophy

Update frequency: every 8 days
Average duration: 90 minutes
Episodes: 312
Years Active: 2016 - 2025

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122 – EARN IT vs America

The EARN IT Act was introduce in March, it’s a disgusting censorship policy, and no one is talking about it. But wait it gets worse, because the LAED Act came a few months later and is a direct attac…

01:45:22 | Wed 21 Oct 2020

121 – Crony Beliefs

The trio sits down to discuss Kevin Simler’s essay “Crony Beliefs“. It’s awesome and absolutely worth reading the whole thing.
Ignore all the stuff we said about climate change and the wildfires. The…

02:17:38 | Wed 07 Oct 2020

120 – Why Can’t We Brain Good?

We address frustration with how hard it is to wrangle these brains.
Wikipedia on Cognitive Distortions
Spamming Mirco Intentions
Richard Wiseman’s books 59 Seconds, and As If
Replacing Guilt
Animal M…

02:00:13 | Wed 23 Sep 2020

Episode 119 – If You’re A Human, You’re Already Losing To GPT-3

GPT-3 wrote the title of this episode!
Join us as we talk with an expert insider and an expert enthusiast about GPT-3! The technology has come a surprisingly long way in a surprisingly short time!
Ri…

02:02:23 | Wed 09 Sep 2020

118 – Guns, Germs, and Guns (except the Germs are actually More Guns)

Gray joins us to discuss the practicalities of firearms. Be prepared!
The Cyberpunk Ezine Jace mentioned
The Legend of Murder-Ghandi
Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as e…

02:08:47 | Wed 26 Aug 2020

117 – The Guild of Servants

Alex and David are launching The Guild Of Servants — an outward-facing Rationalist organization for engaging and optimizing your local social enviroment.
To apply for inclusion in their Alpha program…

01:48:41 | Wed 12 Aug 2020

116 – Truth, Falsity, and Censorship

Today we’re joined by special guest Alexander Wales!
Where is the line between hiding information and censorship? Is censoring content ever desirable? What role does “cancel culture” play in this? Fi…

02:21:21 | Wed 29 Jul 2020

115 – Does Rationality Actually Do Anything?

Does Rationality improve life outcomes? How have we managed to do this show for like 4 years without hitting this question head on?! Tune in to find out!

Nominate What Lies Dreaming for a Dragon Awa…

01:57:00 | Wed 15 Jul 2020

114 – Epistemic Rigor and BLM

Do BLM protests give people a correct impression of the fundamental problem with the police, and is that important as long as shit gets fixed? All sorts of disagreement today.
Campaign Zero’s list of…

01:55:17 | Wed 01 Jul 2020

113 – Refining Niceness with Wes Fenza

Wes joins Steven and Jace in order to to talk a bit about the current conversation around police brutality and help clarify some of the arguments in favor of Niceness from our last episode. I think w…

01:55:47 | Wed 17 Jun 2020

112 – Nice Places Are Nice

For Niceness to triumph within the Heart of Darkness that is the internet, we gotta make an effort.
The Evolution of Trust
A Briefer History of Time
Unweaving the Rainbow
Key and Peele communicating …

01:40:59 | Wed 03 Jun 2020

111 – Rational Practices in Everyday Living

We got to see each other for the first time in months, AND Jace wasn’t there to keep us on track, so this went long. Whoops!
Pitch Meeting
The Virtue of Silence

Hey look, we have a discord! What cou…

02:05:29 | Wed 20 May 2020

The Mind Killer Episode 4 – Are We Committing Collective Suicide?

Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra

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01:04:03 | Wed 13 May 2020

110 – Socratic Grilling

Sorry for the delay on this one. We had some technical difficulties. Episodes will resume on their normal schedule, don’t worry.
This episode we discuss the SSC post Socratic Grilling!
We also talk a…

01:44:59 | Sun 10 May 2020

The Mind Killer Episode 3 – Opening Up

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01:16:18 | Tue 28 Apr 2020

109 – What Have We Been Consuming?

What’s been getting the Conspirators through this lockdown?
Steven:
Hollow Knight
Horizon Zero Dawn
Kingdom
Brooklyn 99
Better Call Saul
Santa Clarita Diet
Eneasz:
Nier: Automata
When We All Fall Asl…

01:37:49 | Wed 22 Apr 2020

The Mind Killer Episode 2

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WHO is reporting statistics from Taiwan together with China’s stats
WHO …

01:25:50 | Tue 14 Apr 2020

108 – Rudi Hoffman on How to Beat Death and Taxes

Long time listeners will have heard Steven plug his name several times, but now we’ve got the man himself! Futurist, Cryonicist, and life insurance guru Rudi Hoffman is here to give the best sales pi…

02:07:44 | Wed 08 Apr 2020

The Mind Killer 001 – The Hammer and The Dance

Politics is the mind killer, so come get mind-killed! Your hosts Wesley Fenza, Eneasz Brodski, and David Spearman discuss the week’s news.
There’s a new podcast in town, and we’re giving it a kick-st…

01:13:30 | Wed 01 Apr 2020

107 – Talking to Even More Strangers

The conspirators go more in-depth on how little we know about the people we don’t know (Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers), plus more COVID19 chattering.
Apologies for the audio quality–now th…

01:29:08 | Thu 26 Mar 2020

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