Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Chapters 246-247 – Some Things Were Clues Justified True Belief That Isn’t Knowledge Meme Torture vs. Dust Specks For next week — 248-251 248. Princess! 249. There’s No Knowing Where We’re Going 250. The Ongoing Adventures of Valencia the Red 251. It All Depends On What You Mean By Home Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalR...

Chapters 243-245 – The Feels At The End What We Do In The Shadows For next week — 246-247 246. Reflection at the End 247. The End of the World Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be suppo...

Chapters 240-242 – The Nice Episode Toilethand from Zelda Leyden Jars The Death Gate Cycle For next week — 243-245 243. Long Memory 244. Long Pig 245. Long Live the King Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . A...

Chapters 237-239 – Uther’s Peen Fits In Multiple Ways Utopia LOL Our Flag Means Death Quirrell’s Corollary to Clarke’s Law: Any sufficiently advanced technique is indistinguishable from cheating For next week — 240-242 240. The Long Haul 241. Long Shot 242. A Long Row to Hoe Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions –...

Chapters 234-236 – Growing Up For next week — 237-239 237. Long Story Short 238. A Certain Kind of Longing 239. Old Sins Cast Long Shadows Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be supported...

Chapters 231-233 – Noping The Heck Out More Dakka For next week — 234-236 234. Heck if I Know 235. Interval 236. More Dakka Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be supported  at his Patreo...

Chapters 228-230 – The End The Fifth Season and Eneasz’s Spoiler-full discussion of The Fifth Season (yes, again, forgive me) For next week — 231-233 231. Hellfall 232. Department 233. Tartarology Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  suppor...

Chapters 224-227 – Packing Heat Steve Fever text (+ Eneasz’s post on it) Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) Matrix Resurrections Worldbuilding is super important! For next week — 228-230 228. The Fel Seed Incident 229. The Road 230. The Palace Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be...

Chapters 221-223 – Putting One’s Affairs In Order Roy Kent Chant Dr Strange Pitch Meeting Mother of Learning Unsong Eneasz’s Recommendation for The Fifth Season +Eneasz’s Spoiler-full discussion of The Fifth Season For next week — 224-227 224. We’re Here, We’re Deer, Get Used to It 225. Runination 226. Fires of my Heart 227. Homecoming, Part II Worth the Candle on Ama...

Eneasz ran out of waking hours this week. Sorry. :(

Chapters 217-220 – Raw-ass thoughts… or raw ass-thoughts ? James Acaster’s Banana Revenge Fantasy The Bayesian Conspiracy episode 162 For next week — 221-223 221. Targets of Opportunity 222. Clerical Errors 223. A Lost Friend Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  A...

Chapters 213-216 – The Good Kind of Cult 500 Million, But Not a Single One More For next week — 217-220 217. A Dragon’s Roost 218. A Grueling Calm 219. Homecoming, Part I 220. Doecent Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcas...

Chapters 209-212 – The Dragon In The Stories Tim Curry goes to SPACE! Hyperrealism Learn To Read, Kid, But Don’t Fall In Love For next week — 213-216 213. The Endless Toil 214. Glass Houses 215. Post 216. Bureaucratic Melees Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or ...

Chapters 206-208 – Hitting The Slopes BTS Is That Your True Rejection? Folding Ideas on Ludonarrative Dissonance Three Worlds Collide – the story with the Super Happy aliens ( also in audio form ) The Bayesian Conspiracy episode on The “Do This” Directives For next week — 209-212 209. Orison 210. Push and Pull 211. Gilding the Lily 212. Spilled Ink Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebo...

Chapters 203-205 – I Got 99 Problems, and I’m All Of Them Porcupine Tree – A Smart Kid (song) Why You Should Trust Trust and Distrust Distrust For next week — 206-208 206. Parallel Lines 207. An Elevated Monologue 208. On the Merits of Eternal Suffering Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue...

Chapters 200-202 – Think Like a Dinosaur The Prestige spoilers end at 1:18:11 The Bayesian Conspiracy episode 158 – Can Monarchy Save Us From Fascism? For next week — 200-202 203. Where the Streets Run Red 204. Open Veins 205. A Bloody Mess Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at...

Chapters 196-199 – Let’s Call Them… Sneezes For next week — 200-202 200. Feeling Blue 201. The Aviary 202. Star Pupil Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be supported  at his...

Chapters 192-195 – We choose to try to sympathize with, and humanize, the Fucking Penndraigs not because it is easy, but because it is hard! Podcasts spawned from the Discord: 2 Rash 2 Unadvised – read through of Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota series Shaping Exercises 101 – read through of Domagoj Kurmaic’s Mother of Learning serial Uncultured Swine – read through of...

This is a decrackled version of the previous episode. Content is identical, but the audio has been filtered to remove the crackle. It still isn’t easy to listen to, and we apologize for that. When time permits, a fully remastered version will be released. Thanks to David Gruwier for providing this!

Chapters 188-191 – Totally Legal and Awesome My Dick, by Mickey Avalon (extremely bad taste, and offensive, you’ve been warned) For next week — 192-195 192. Cooldown 193. Coda I 194. Coda II 195. Family Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can ...

Chapters 185-187 – Hallelujah, It’s Raining Men Eneasz’s latest story – We Shall Not All Sleep But We Shall All Be Changed is in Dark Matter Magazine Issue 008 I See Dead Kids Seeing Like a State Mu For next week — 188-191 188. Common Law 189. B-Side 190. To Know One’s Onions 191. Overwhelming Violence Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Char...

Chapters 181-184 – Seeing The Sausage (…being made) Unsong For next week — 185-187 185. Mirror Room 186. Paladin 187. Penndraig’s Rules of Order Worth the Candle on Amazon (ebook and audio!) Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexande...

Chapters 177-180: Total failure to wait until the point when the expected costs of maintaining diplomacy rise too high as compared to the expected benefits of moving first in conflict. Reacher Trailer Fast-Talking High-Trousers For next week — 181-184 181. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 182. Painless 183. Transgressions 184. The Further Adventures of Valencia the Red Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character...

Chapters 174-176: A Chill Week At The Pod The Lost City of Potyr For next week — 177-180 177. The Erstwhile Manor 178. The White Room 179. Hilbert’s Paradox 180. Dumbest Entad Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be supported  a...

Chapters 170-173: Inflating D’s Nerd Sniping For next week — 174-176 174. The Blade of the Self 175. High Concept 176. Warrens Cakoluchiam’s stellar Character Sheet Steven’s Predictions – Everything is a Clue Worth the Candle can be read at  AO3  or  RoyalRoad . You can  support this podcast at our Patreon . Alexander Wales can be supported  at his Patreon . We have  a Discord  as well.