Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

40 – Pretending To Be Wise, Part 2 29.02.2012 31:44 ↓

On afterlives, and the wizards who think they believe in them   Original Text  

39 – Pretending To Be Wise, Part 1 22.02.2012 31:54 ↓

Speculation on motivations, both present and past   Hugo Awards Info Original Text  

37 & 38 – Interlude: Crossing The Boundary & The Cardinal Sin 15.02.2012 25:12 ↓

Encounters at Platform 9 3/4   Original   Text  

36 – Status Differentials 08.02.2012 27:54 ↓

Guess who’s coming to dinner?   Original Text  

35b – Coordination Problems, Part 3 01.02.2012 32:26 ↓

A new player reveals himself on the game board   Original Text  

35a – Coordination Problems, Part 3 25.01.2012 27:11 ↓

E Pluribus Unum is one of the strongest spells of all   Original Text  

34 – Coordination Problems, Part 2 18.01.2012 35:12 ↓

Wherein everything goes according to plan. Someone’s plan, anyway.   Original Text  

33 – Coordination Problems, Part 1 11.01.2012 28:07 ↓

Descent into the Lair of Madness (32 was the Xmas Interlude chapter)   Original Text  

31 – Working In Groups, Part 2 04.01.2012 26:29 ↓

Applying the Methods to real life   Original Text    

Xmas Interlude (32) – Personal Financial Management 29.12.2011 9:24 ↓

You’re a mean one, Mister Grinch   Original Text  

30 – Working In Groups, Part 1 21.12.2011 27:11 ↓

Three armies enter The Forest. One army leaves.   Original Text  

29b – Egocentric Bias, part 2 14.12.2011 22:58 ↓

Plots and Allies   Original Text  

28b & 29a – Reductionism, part 2 & Egocentric Bias, part 1 07.12.2011 28:52 ↓

Reclaiming your life story after it’s been subsumed into Harry’s narrative   Original   Text  

28a – Reductionism, part 1 30.11.2011 32:20 ↓

The Map is not the Territory   Stephen Colbert’s interview of Neil deGrasse Tyson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXh9RQCvxmg Original Text  

No New Episode – Thanksgiving 2011 24.11.2011 2:56 ↓

The podcast is taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will return to regular weekly episodes next week.   Sphere of Stars  

27b – Empathy, part 2 16.11.2011 30:37 ↓

Hell is a place on earth   Original Text  

27a – Empathy, part 1 09.11.2011 29:25 ↓

Visiting the sins of the fathers upon the sons   Original Text  

26 – Noticing Confusion 03.11.2011 34:03 ↓

It’s so cute when they think they’re people   Original Text  

25 – Hold Off on Proposing Solutions 27.10.2011 31:32 ↓

Friendship is magic… right?   Original Text  

24 – Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis 20.10.2011 26:04 ↓

His friends shall be his enemies, and his enemies shall be his friends   Original Text  

23 – Belief in Belief 13.10.2011 40:33 ↓

Be cautious when destroying everything that gives someone’s life a purpose   Original Text  

22b – The Scientific Method, part 2 06.10.2011 34:31 ↓

In the right story, one moment of True Curiosity can be as redemptive as one moment of True Love   Original Text  

21b & 22a – Rationalization, part 2 & The Scientific Method, part 1 29.09.2011 28:44 ↓

Stand back, Harry’s going to try Science!   Original   Text    

21a – Rationalization, part 1 22.09.2011 27:24 ↓

The first meeting of the Bayesian Conspiracy   Original Text  

20 – Bayes’s Theorem 15.09.2011 38:02 ↓

Because if YOU were Lord Voldemort, YOU would have horcruxed the Pioneer plaque   Original Text