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25 – Tinder, Actually

https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Conspirators meander through various topics, using a Tinder encounter as a framing story:     Steven’s OKCupid stats come from Rationally Speaking episode 89 Katrina’s OKCupid stats (and pic) come from Big Lies People Tell The Toxoplasma of Rage Dan Dennett’s talk Haidt on The Moral Roots of […]

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24 – Signaling

https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_024.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS  Robin Hanson’s “What is Signaling?” Scott Alexander’s definition of signaling: a method of conveying information among not-necessarily-trustworthy parties by performing an action which is more likely or less costly if the information is true than if it is not true. A list of some blog posts about […]

23 – Desirism with Alonzo Fyfe

https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_023.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAlonzo blogs at The Atheist Ethicist Common Sense Atheism’s ULTIMATE Desirism FAQ Link to The Atheist Ethicist’s overview of Desirism Wikia page on Desirism    

22 – Moral Philosophy

https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_022.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDoing the Right Thing Wikipedia on: Consequentialism Ethical Egoism Deontology Divine Command Theory Moral Relativism Virtue Ethics Care Ethics Euthyphro’s Dilemma Objectivism Katrina mentioned that she’d read that the impact of child rape is less severe on cultures where this practice is typical. It turns out is was a […]

Bonus mini-episode: Trump-Reacting

http://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_mini_001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe conspirators discuss a minor setback. The Safety Pin movement Scott Alexander on your model of the electorate A slightly-more-articulate version of Eneasz’s decision to change the deep past now Eliezer Yudkowsky on the optimism of Trump voters