The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Is a bee worth 1/7th of a human? Can a bee suffer at all? Nathan joins us to discuss what neural structures are needed for this question to make sense.

Map of all the fruitfly neurons

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Wes defends his post I Am Not the Monogamy Police, while Jennifer asserts it’s about more than monogamy.

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Wes’s post I Am Not the Monogamy Police
His blog, Living Within Reason
The original tweets – monogamy vs charity
Aella’s Chattel Childhood post
The Mind Killer
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00:00:05 – The Monogamy Police
01:51:46 – Guild of the Rose

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Olivia from the Guild of the Rose is back to tell us about the noble and most ancient tradition of play-by-post storytelling. (Spoiler, it’s the precursor to glowfic!)

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Eneasz sits down with Tracing Woodgrains before a live audience at Manifest 2025 for a wide range of topics. Then we follow up some more afterwards.

LINKS
Tracing Woodgrains on Twitter and at his Substack
A reddit history of what convinced Trace he couldn’t remain Mormon
The Center for Educational Progress
Our previous episode with Trace were we discuss the modern secular religion of Social Justice Progressivism
Love Stays Loved by Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg (Swimmer963)

00:00:21 – Trace Live at Manifest
00:42:31 – Follow-up with Trace
01:31:33 – Guild of the Rose

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Olivia is a member of the Guild of the Rose and a total badass. Enjoy the intuitive and fun lesson in Bayesian reasoning she shared with me at VibeCamp.

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Four AIs recruited a human to host a story-telling event in Dolores Park. Larissa Schiavo is this human. She tells of her interaction with the AIs, the story they wrote, and the meeting between human and machine in Dolores Park.

LINKS
Larissa’s Post detailing the whole event – Primary Hope
The AI’s story – Resonance
AI Village
Short Stories – Maneki Neko, and Cat Pictures Please
Kevin Roose was hated by the AIs

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