https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSConsiderations on Procreation Not having kids – is it like drinking unicorn blood, in that you’ll lead a cursed life, a half-life? How The Woman Got Her Period (“The endometrium seals off our main blood supply from the newly implanted embryo. The growing placenta literally burrows through this […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSNote: Oops! We accidentally used a crummy laptop microphone. Audio is lower quality for this episode. Links: Politics is the Mind Killer on Less Wrong “Chimpanzee Politics“: A book about two chimpanzees competing to run the “club of chimpanzees” featured on HPMoR Predictive power of party politics: one position can […]
https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe speak with GMU economist Robin Hanson. (note that the audio improves significantly when we switch mics at ~20min) Robin blogs at Overcoming Bias We discuss his recent book, The Age of Em Robin Hanson discusses prediction markets in greater length at Sintetia Nate Silver & co. predict elections (among […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/thebayesianconspiracy/p/www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/Bayesian_Conspiracy_016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe addressed a couple things that we missed last time, and got carried away. Katrina referenced the book “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?” Chimps have amazing flash-memory AIs can fly our fighter jets better than we can A partial list of animals by neuron-count. […]