Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

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    

19b – Delayed Gratification, part 2 08.09.2011 26:20 ↓

Learning to lose   Original Text  

19a – Delayed Gratification, part 1 01.09.2011 24:38 ↓

Quirrell reveals some of his past history   Original Text  

18b – Dominance Hierarchies, part 2 25.08.2011 33:19 ↓

Potter vs Snape: Round 2. FIGHT!! (tagteam with Dumbledore!)   Original Text  

18a – Dominance Hierarchies, part 1 18.08.2011 27:05 ↓

Potter vs Snape: Round 1. FIGHT!   Original Text    

17b – Locating the Hypothesis, part 2 11.08.2011 50:27 ↓

Called to Dumbledore’s office to receive is his father’s rock   Original Text    

17a – Locating the Hypothesis, part 1 04.08.2011 32:05 ↓

Because if YOU had a Time Turner, YOU’d use it to factor in polynomial time too   Original Text  

16 – Lateral Thinking 28.07.2011 37:29 ↓

Minions; lessons in violence; and the most dangerous student in the classroom   Original Text    

15 – Conscientiousness 21.07.2011 23:49 ↓

Charms and Transfiguration classes; Hermione challenges Harry to a competition.   David Brin’s blog post in which the podcast gets a shout-out:  http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/07/transparency-wars-continue-some-untold.html Original Text SFX: White Board  

14 – The Unknown and the Unknowable 14.07.2011 29:50 ↓

Quest loot! & seeing oneself from the outside can be illuminating   Original Text