The Bayesian Conspiracy

Why you definitely should kill your friend’s cat if you promised to kill your friend’s cat. (+Q&A) This is a lightning talk given at the Rationalist MegaMeetup 2024 . Based on this Twitter Poll

Eric discusses integrating our emotions via observation and adjustment. His free course is at EnjoyExisting.org or email him – eric@ericlanigan.com LINKS EnjoyExisting.org Ugh Fields You Have Two Brains – Eneasz spends more words on this emotion-brain speculation at this blog LessWrong/Lighthaven Donations – you have until Jan 13! 00:00:05 – Integrating Emotions 01:02:30 – Guild...

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Oliver tells us how Less Wrong instantiated itself into physical reality, along with a bit of deep lore of foundational Rationalist/EA orgs. Donate to LightCone (caretakers of both LessWrong and LightHaven) here!  LINKS LessWrong LightHaven Oliver’s very in-depth post on the funding situation (again) Donate Eneasz’s nominated 2023 post/story on LessWrong (you can also read his review o...

We talk to Zoe Isabel Senon about longevity, recent advances, longevity popup cities & group houses, and more (not necessarily in that order). Spoiler: Eneasz is gonna die. Also we learn about Network States! LINKS Vitalist Bay Aevitas House – remember that for these Zoe it helps if you mention you listen to The Bayesian Conspiracy as examples of alignment Vitalia City Lighthaven Fundrai...

We discuss Adam Mastroianni’s “ The Illusion of Moral Decline ” LINKS The Illusion of Moral Decline Touchat Wearable Blanket Hoodie Lighthaven – Eternal September Our episode with Adam on The Rise and Fall of Peer Review The Mind Killer Scott Aaronson on Why are amplitudes complex? 00:00:05 – Blast-Haven 00:03:49 – The Illusion of Moral Decline 00:56:02 – Guild of the Rose...

Enjoy the public conversations we had the pleasure of having at our live show at Lighthaven in Berkeley. Special thanks to Andrew, Matt, J, Ben and Garrett! Due to the nature of this recording, it’s naturally a bit less refined than our usual format. No timestamps or links for this one – just kick back and enjoy. Our Patreon , or if you prefer  Our SubStack Hey look, we have a  discord...

A hypothetical about a finger-collecting demon throws Eneasz for a major loop.

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We discuss Eneasz’s Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates , briefly touch on Hanson’s Cultural Drift , and tackle a lot of follow-ups and feedback. LINKS Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates (also at TwitterX ) Cultural Drift Significant Digits is here ! From AskWho Eneasz has a boomer crisis about his AI clone Deep Utopia review Utopia, LOL? (Jamie Wahl’s story) (with audio!) The R...

AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte Slide The “TESCREAL” Bungle  by Ozy Brennan AskWho Casts AI podcast

Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy. LINKS Cryonics is Free! Dan Dennett – Where Am I? The Virtue of Silence Scissors Statements 00:00:05 – Pre-pre show Discussion 01:41:43 – Guild of the Rose 01:44:48 – Less Wrong Posts 02:05:...

Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via   our Patreon or our SubStack !  

GPT-o1 demonstrates the Blindsight thesis is likely wrong. Peter Watts on Blindsight Andrew Cutler on origins of consciousness part 1 and part 2 Thou Art Godshatter

Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security. The post discussed here is Como is Infosec .

We talk with Daniel about his ACX guest post that posits that thoughts are conscious, rather than brains . LINKS Consciousness As Recursive Reflections Seven Secular Sermons Seven Secular Sermons video on TwitterX LightHaven’s Eternal September 0:00:05 – Recursive Reflections 01:29:30 – Personal News from Eneasz 01:31:04 – Guild of the Rose 01:32:15 – Feedback 01:36:39 – Less Wrong Posts 01:...

Can we achieve our true potential? based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital also mentioned: Meetups Everywhere 2024 Are You Jesus or Hitler

Eneasz tries to understand why someone would posit a Chalmers Field, and brings up the horrifying implications. LINKS Zombies! Zombies? 2 Rash 2 Unadvised  (the Terra Ignota analysis podcast) The previous TBC episode , where we first discussed other aspects of this The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers 0:00:05 – Even More Zombies 01:59:12 – Feedback 02:02:03 – Guild of the Rose 02:03:43 – Less Wron...

A surprising update for two previously maple-pilled Yanks  

We dig into the classic LW post Zombies! Zombies? and talk a lot of philosophy with Liam from the 2 Rash 2 Unadvised podcast . I (Steven) spent a bunch of time trying to export the conversation from Discord that Liam, Eneasz, and I had. I thought it provided a lot of awesome extra depth to the episode’s topic. Did you know that it’s basically impossible to export from Discord? I’d have...

Inspired by Trace’s speech about excellence at VibeCamp 3, Eneasz and Steven speak to Tracing Woodgrains about Excellence and its various aspects LINKS Trace’s SubStack Trace’s Twitter Wes on TracingWoodgrains as the Nietzschean Superman Gymnastics Then vs Now video Evolution of Gymnastics video 0:00:05 – Excellence 01:17:24 – Guild of the Rose 01:20:21 – Thank the Patron Our Pat...

Spurred by comments from a couple of episodes ago , we wanted to make sure we didn’t misrepresent Matthew’s position and he agreed to come lay it out for us on the show. Check out the links below to dive in deeper. LINKS Bentham’s Newsletter Bentham’s Bulldog on the Best Argument for God and also Miracles Skeptoid #247 on The “Miracle” of Calanda and the Followup Episode Fr...

Rikard joins us to speak about the benefits of consensual violence LINKS Rikard’s Substack – Drunken Masterpieces Rikard is @rikardhjort Twitter Defense Against the Dark Arts is just the Dark Arts The Ultimate Self-Defense Championship Armchair Violence The poem Rikard recited 0:00:17 – Consensual Violence 1:24:05 – Guild of the Rose  Update 1:25:37 – Less Wrong Posts 1:49:15 – Thank t...

Rachel Zuber joins us to talk about hospice work, dying in America, and why she’s less optimistic about cryonics now. LINKS All the Living and the Dead Caitlin Doughty on YouTube CI cryonics case reports Places of Death in the US Prev Episodes – Cryonics pt 1 and pt 2 w Robert McIntyre , and Cryo with Rudi Hoffman Bentham’s Bulldog on the Best Argument and also Miracles?? Skeptoi...

Brandon comes back to explain how wind works. Steven and Brandon are not the two you want if you want to quickly get to the point so this went on for a good while. It’s an awesome conversation and Patrons and Substack supporters will have access to the whole thing.   https://earth.nullschool.net/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss