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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, email GuildOfServants@gmail.com with a short response (<1000 charecters) explaining your hopes for the course, introducing yourself, and how you received this invitation. Hearing this podcast counts as having received an invitation to apply.
You can email Alex for logistics advice on creating LW meetups in your area – alex.hedtke@gmail.com
Also mentioned in this episode:
Stand-up mathematician shows how digital pictures work and are basically all just spreadsheets
The Roots of Wokeness
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
“Science” as Curiosity-Stopper
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Absurdity Heuristic, Absurdity Bias
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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? Find discussion on these questions and more inside!
Nominate What Lies Dreaming for a Dragon Award
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate – Harper’s Letter
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
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“Science” as Curiosity-Stopper
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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 Award
Vice article on CFAR (Center for Applied Rationality)
Related CFAR article from the New York Times
My IRB Nightmare crosspost at LW
Flu Stats that Eneasz mentioned (and another source)
Random New Yorker Article on the reaction to SSC being deleted
Aella’s Tweet about being an aid for people struggling with their faith
Eneasz mentioned No More Cruelty to Elephants 🙂
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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 reforms. This is not actually a BLM list, as we had originally thought.
The official BLM site has no policy demands or requests aside from “#Defund the Police” which is vauge to say the least.
Movement For Black Lives isn’t BLM either. They have a bit of a manifesto calling to End The War on Black People.
Yudkowsky’s Comprehensive Reboot of Law Enforcement has more to recommend it than anything BLM is putting forth at the time of this posting, which is surprising.
Simpson’s Paradox wiki, and tailored for police stats
Sam Harris’s podcast episode, which sparked this discussion in our Discord
A Soho Forum Debate on the same matter
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
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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 we may have had some synchronization issues, as well as some background noise I tried to edit out.
Here’s an article mentioning Daniel Shaver, the guy who was murdered by cops who’s name Steven couldn’t remember. It also talks about much more current events. Ah… bummer warning on this link.
Be sure to check out the Mind Killer podcast if this podcast isn’t inflammatory enough for you!
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
We didn’t get to them this episode. Oops.
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
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For Niceness to triumph within the Heart of Darkness that is the internet, we gotta make an effort.
Key and Peele communicating via text
Dan Dennett on Rappaport’s Rules
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
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