The Bayesian Conspiracy

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We talk with Brandon Hendrickson about his ACX-contest winning book review of The Educated Mind by Kieran Egan. “A novel theory about why schools, as they are now, don’t work.”

The winning book review in its original text (also in audio (itunes, spotify))
Brandon’s substack – The Lost Tools of Learning
Science Is Weird – a sprawling online science course that helps kids fall in love with the world

Paid Bonus content – Brandon Hendrickson on Writing a Contest Winning ACX Book Review; and Being Treated Like a Redacted Catagory (spoilers – the redacted category is women)

OTHER LINKS
Kurzgesagt – YouTube channel teaching science for humans
The SciFi Podcast
100 Words very short story by Eneasz Brodski
The Time I Failed To Join A Cult, autobiographical post by Eneasz

0:00:23 – The Educated Mind
2:03:40 – Less Wrong Posts
2:20:04 – Guild of the Rose Update
2:21:31 – Thank the Patron

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We talk with Aella about some of the results of her absolutely massive sex & kink survey

LINKS

Aella’s Substack
Aella’s Twitter
You don’t need a perfectly random sample for useful data, jfc
Women Prefer More Violent Porn
Monogamous men in long-term relationships aren’t doin too hot
Want to maybe marry Aella? Here’s her Date-Me Doc, and info
more links:
We speak with Adam Mastroianni on The Rise and Fall of Peer Review
My kink survey design methodology
Who Took My Big Kink Survey? Updated
Age of fetish onset, by sex, gender, orientation, and dom/sub
How taking hormones impacts sexual preferences
Escorts are the ER Doctors of Relationships
Why Your Polyamorous Friend’s Relationship Sucks
Eneasz on Nerds Bloom Late (Socially)

0:00:23 – Survey Data Literacy
0:29:58 – Women Prefer More Violent Porn
0:53:48 – Monogamous men aren’t doin too hot
1:17:11 – Feedback
1:23:53 – Less Wrong Posts
1:37:16 – Thank the Patron
1:38:08 – Guild of the Rose Update

We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)

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We discuss The Rise and Fall of Peer Review, with Adam Mastroianni from Experimental History

We also touch on The dance of the naked emperors and Ideas aren’t getting harder to find and anyone who tells you otherwise is a coward and I will fight them

Other Links:
Is Ice Cream… healthy? (origin)
What Lies Dreaming

0:00:01 – The Rise and Fall of Peer Review with Adam Mastroianni
0:59:03 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:01:15 – Listener Feedback
1:03:21 – Less Wrong Posts
1:21:34 – Thank the Patron 

We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)

The “Intuitions” Behind “Utilitarianism”