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podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast — 438 episodes
Kindness To Kin
A Harried Meeting (audio)
Unum 9: Carol’s Got a Nuke!
House elves are crystalized cosmic power
Unum 8: Cuddle Puddle
Unum 7: Chekhov’s Spiky Palm Tree
Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People
Unum 05: It’s Not You, It’s We
Unum 04: Can I Get My Heroin To Go?
Unum 03: Would You Like a Cup of Coffee With Your Nuke?
Unum 02: A Meeting of the Minds
Unum 01: The Day The World Ended
Blindsided 12: I Prefer a World Where Someone’s Home
Blindsided 11: Consciousness Is a Bug, Not a Feature
Blindsided 10: Ow! What the Hell??
Blindsided 09: Is It Wrong to Torture a Roomba?
Blindsided 08: We Got A Live One!
Blindsided 07: Competitive Ecology
Blindsided 06: Madness-Inducing Meat-Grinder
Blindsided 05: Alien Space Ghosts!
Blindsided 04: You Wanna Throw Down, Bro?!
Blindsided 03: Theseus, are you there? It’s me, Rorschach
Blindsided 02: Smile! You’re on Camera!
Blindsided 01: Aliens, Vampires, and Children – oh my!
Blindsided 00: Announcement
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) perfection
Cowboy Grak 5 pt2
Cowboy Grak 5 full audio available
Cowboy Grak 5 pt1
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 06: Pondering Knowable Dreams
HPMOR 10 Year Anniversary Parties
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch: No New Episode
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 05: Peculiar Kafkaesque Dimensions
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 04: Phantasmal Knowledge Discussion
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 03: Parallel Knowledge Dimensions
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 02: Psychedelic Kindred Dreams
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 01: Pioneering Key Discourse
Man in the High Castle 07: Plunge into Kindred Dimensions
Man in the High Castle 06: Persistence Knows Defiance
Man in the High Castle 05: Postmodern Kafkaesque Drive
Man in the High Castle 04: Post-Knowledge Dystopia
Man in the High Castle 03: Power Keeps Distorting
Significant Digits audio is here!
Man in the High Castle: No New Episode
Man in the High Castle 02: Politics Kill Dreams
Man in the High Castle 01: Parallel Kafkaesque Dystopia
Ubik 06: Pondering Kafkaesque Dimensions
Ubik 05: Probing Known Dimensions
Ubik 04: Perception Kaleidoscope Dimension
Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion
Ubik 02: Big (PK) Dick Energy
Ubik 01: Psychic Key Discussions
PKD – Ubik 00
Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath
Fallout 08 – Ad Victoriam
Fallout 07 – Gettin’ Some Head
Fallout 06 – The One-Eyed Monster
Fallout 05 – Lying Isn’t Nice
Fallout 04 – Golden Rule, Motherfucker
Fallout 03 – Getting a Head in Life
Fallout 02 – Luck of the Draw
Fallout 01 – Okie Dokie!
Oscar Catch-Up 2023 – Not Everything Bad Is A Satire – The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse
We Got Dreams! – Eneasz Brodski
We Got Dreams! – Joah
We Got Dreams! – Andreas
The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way
We Got Dreams! – Marcus Verus
Barbie – It Makes Sense If You Understand Cinemanarrative Dissonance
IMSIYUDT 12 – “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine”
IMSIYUDT 11 – “She doesn’t want to give him time to dwell on it, so she kisses him”
IMSIYUDT 10 – “he also seems very very very alien and very hard to understand, and might do unexpected things because of that”
IMSIYUDT 09 – “then leaves the library to check on his other person of interest”
IMSIYUDT 08 – “sure, kill them all”
IMSIYUDT 07 – “(Well, his workday, anyways.)”
IMSIYUDT 06 – “same city, same planet, or same laws of physics as Golarion.”
IMSIYUDT 05 – “ten minutes to himself before he talks about anything at all”
IMSIYUDT 04 – “if you go looking for enough tiny signs like that, you will eventually find some”
Turing Test
IMSIYUDT 03 – “her door is ajar and she’s dressed, bathed, is reading a book.”
IMSIYUDT 02 – “There’s plumbing!” he adds proudly, and demonstrates a sink.
IMSIYUDT 01 – “And she trots off to find the priest.”
IMSIYUDT 0.5 – Updated Reading Length
IMSIYUDT 00 – What Is GlowFic?
Everything IS Either Love or Thunder – Thor: Love & Thunder
Not Everything Is A Christian Allegory – The Truman Show
Not Everything Is A Clue – The DM Speaks Again
Not Everything Is A Clue – The DM Speaks
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 252-254
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 248-251
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 246-247 part 2
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 246-247
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 243-245
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 240-242
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 237-239
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 234-236
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 231-233
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 228-230
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 224-227
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 221-223
No Episode This Week
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 217-220
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 213-216
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 209-212
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 206-208
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 203-205
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 200-202
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 196-199
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 192-195
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 188-191 decrackled
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 188-191
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 185-187
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 181-184
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 177-180
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 174-176
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 170-173
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 167-169
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 163-166
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 160-162
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 156-159
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 153-155
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 150-152
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 147-149
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 144-146
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 140-143
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 137-139
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 133-136
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 129-132
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 125-128
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 121-124
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 117-120
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 113-116
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 109-112
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 105-108
Not Everything Is A Clue – Books 1 – 5 Retrospective
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 101-104
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 97-100
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 93-96
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 89-92
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 84-88
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 80-83
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 77-79
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 72-76
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 68-71
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 64-67
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 60-63
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 56-59
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 53-55 & The Council of Arches
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 49-52
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 45-48
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 41-44
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 37-40
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 34-36
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 30-33
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 26-29
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 22-25
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 19-21
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 16-18
Amazing Man 2: Love Conquors All
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 13-15
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 9-12
The Rememberers
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 6-8
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 44: Joah
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 3-5
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 43: Andreas
Not Everything Is A Clue – Ch 1-2
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 42: Marcus Verus
Not Everything Is A Clue – Intro Hype!
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 41: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 40: Andreas, Joah, Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 39: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 38: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 37: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 36: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 35: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 34: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 33: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 32: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 31: Joah Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 30: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 29: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 28: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 27: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 26: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 25: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 24: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 23: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 22: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 21: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 20: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 19: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 18: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 17: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 16: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 15: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 14: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 13: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 12: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 11: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 10: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 9: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 8: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 7: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 6: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 5: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 4: Joah
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 3: Marcus Verus
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 2: Andreas
What Lies Dreaming – Ch 1: Joah
What Lies Dreaming Intro
We Want MoR – Chapters 54 and 55
We Want MoR – Chapters 51 – 53
We Want MoR – Chapters 48-50
We Want MoR – Chapter 47
We Want MoR – Book 2 Retro
We Want MoR – Chapters 44 – 46
We Want MoR – Chapters 41 – 43
We Want MoR – Chapters 39 and 40
We Want MoR – Chapters 35 – 38
We Want MoR – Chapters 32 – 34
We Want MoR – Chapters 29 – 31
We Want MoR – Book One Retro (1-21)
We Want MoR – Chapters 27 and 28
We Want MoR – Chapters 25 and 26
We Want MoR – Chapters 23 and 24
We Want MoR – Chapters 21 and 22
We Want MoR – Chapters 19 and 20
We Want MoR – Chapter 18
We Want MoR – Chapter 17
We Want MoR – Chapters 15 and 16
We Want MoR – Chapters 12 – 14
We Want MoR – Chapters 9 and 10
We Want MoR – Chapter 8
We Want Mor – Chapter 7
We Want MoR – Chapter 6
We Want MoR – Chapters 1-5
We Want MoR – 00
The Farewell Episode
Crystal Society 29
Crystal Society 28
Crystal Society 27
Crystal Society 26
Crystal Society 25
Crystal Society 24
Crystal Society 23
Crystal Society 22
Crystal Society 21
Holiday 2018 (Belated)
Crystal Society 20
Crystal Society 19
Crystal Society 18
Crystal Society 17
Crystal Society 16
Crystal Society 15
Crystal Society 14
Crystal Society 13
Crystal Society 12
Crystal Society 11
Crystal Society 10
Crystal Society 9
Crystal Society 8
Crystal Society 7
Crystal Society 6
Crystal Society 5
Crystal Society 4
Crystal Society 3
Crystal Society 2
Crystal Society 1
Host
Red Legacy
Instruments of Destruction
Interview – Alexander Wales (The Metropolitan Man)
Interview – Ada Palmer (Too Like The Lightning)
Of All Possible Worlds
Interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky
Three Bodies at Mitanni
Afterward & The Hugos
108c – The Truth, Pt 5, Answers and Riddles
108b – The Truth, Pt 5, Answers and Riddles
108a – The Truth, Pt 5, Answers and Riddles
106 & 107 – The Truth, Pt 3 & 4
105 – The Truth, Pt 2
104b – The Truth, Pt 1, Riddles and Answers
104a – The Truth, Pt 1, Riddles and Answers
Red Legacy, part 2
Red Legacy, part 1
103 – Tests
sam513 & Valuable Humans In Transit
Essays 4
Words of Love, Soft and Tender
Nineteen Neighty-Four (part 2 of 2)
Nineteen Neighty-Four (part 1 of 2)
Essays 3
Trust In God, or The Riddle of Kyon (part 2 of 2)
Trust In God, or The Riddle of Kyon (part 1 of 2)
Bloopers
Voice Actors Panel
102 – Caring
Essays 2
Comes The Huntsman
The Study of Anglophysics, part 2 (of 2)
The Study of Anglophysics, part 1 (of 2)
Three Dialogs
Earthfic
Essays 1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Zombie, part 2 (of 2)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Zombie, part 1 (of 2)
101 – Precautionary Measures, Pt 2
100b – Precautionary Measures, Pt 1
99 & 100a – Roles, Aftermath & Precautionary Measures, Pt 1
Three Worlds Collide – Part 8 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 6 & 7 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 5 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 4 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 3 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 2 (of 8)
Three Worlds Collide – Part 1 (of 8)
98 – Roles, Final
97 – Roles, Part 8
96 – Roles, Part 7
95 – Roles, Part 6
94 – Roles, Part 5
92 & 93 – Roles, Part 3 & 4
91 – Roles, Part 2
90 – Roles, Part 1
89 – Time Pressure, Part 2
88 – Time Pressure, Part 1
The Sword of Good, part two
The Sword of Good, part one
87b – Hedonic Awareness
87a – Hedonic Awareness
86e – Multiple Hypothesis Testing
86d – Multiple Hypothesis Testing
86c – Multiple Hypothesis Testing
86b – Multiple Hypothesis Testing
86a – Multiple Hypothesis Testing
85b – Taboo Tradeoffs, Aftermath 3: Distance
84c & 85a – Taboo Tradeoffs, Aftermath 2 & Aftermath 3: Distance
84b – Taboo Tradeoffs, Aftermath 2
83 & 84a – Taboo Tradeoffs, Aftermath 1 & 2
82 – Taboo Tradeoffs, Final
81 – Taboo Tradeoffs Part 3
80 – Taboo Tradeoffs Part 2: The Horns Effect
79b – Taboo Tradeoffs, Part 1
79a – Taboo Tradeoffs, Part 1
78c – Taboo Tradeoffs, Prelude: Cheating
78b – Taboo Tradeoffs, Prelude: Cheating
78a – Taboo Tradeoffs, Prelude: Cheating
77b – Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances
77a – Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances
Omake: Welcome To The Real World
76 – Interlude with the Confessor: Sunk Costs
75 – Self Actualization Final, Responsibility
74b – Self Actualization, Part 9, Escalation of Conflicts
74a – Self Actualization, Part 9, Escalation of Conflicts
Omake: Rationalist Hamlet
73 – Self Actualization, Part 8, The Sacred and the Mundane
72b – Self Actualization, Part 7, Plausible Deniability
72a – Self Actualization, Part 7, Plausible Deniability
71 – Self Actualization, Part 6
70 – Self Actualization, Part 5
69 – Self Actualization, Part 4
68 – Self Actualization, Part 3
67 – Self Actualization, Part 2
66 – Self Actualization, Part 1
65 – Contagious Lies
64 – Omake: Lord of the Rationality
63c – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Aftermaths
63b – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Aftermaths
63a – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Aftermaths
62 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Final
61 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 11, Secrecy and Openness
60 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 10
59 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 9, Curiosity
58 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 8, Constrained Cognition
57 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 7, Constrained Cognition
56 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 6, Constrained Optimization
55 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 5
54 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 4
52 & 53 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Parts 2 & 3
51 – The Stanford Prison Experiment, Part 1
No New Episode – The Server Monk’s Prayer
50 – Self Centeredness
49 – Prior Information
48 – Utilitarian Priorities
47b – Personhood Theory, part 2
47a – Personhood Theory, part 1
46 – Humanism, Part 4
45 – Humanism, Part 3
44 – Humanism, Part 2
43 – Humanism, Part 1
41 & 42 – Frontal Override & Courage
40 – Pretending To Be Wise, Part 2
39 – Pretending To Be Wise, Part 1
37 & 38 – Interlude: Crossing The Boundary & The Cardinal Sin
36 – Status Differentials
35b – Coordination Problems, Part 3
35a – Coordination Problems, Part 3
34 – Coordination Problems, Part 2
33 – Coordination Problems, Part 1
31 – Working In Groups, Part 2
30 – Working In Groups, Part 1
29b – Egocentric Bias, part 2
28b & 29a – Reductionism, part 2 & Egocentric Bias, part 1
28a – Reductionism, part 1
No New Episode – Thanksgiving 2011
27b – Empathy, part 2
27a – Empathy, part 1
26 – Noticing Confusion
25 – Hold Off on Proposing Solutions
24 – Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis
23 – Belief in Belief
22b – The Scientific Method, part 2
21b & 22a – Rationalization, part 2 & The Scientific Method, part 1
21a – Rationalization, part 1
20 – Bayes’s Theorem
19b – Delayed Gratification, part 2
19a – Delayed Gratification, part 1
18b – Dominance Hierarchies, part 2
18a – Dominance Hierarchies, part 1
17b – Locating the Hypothesis, part 2
17a – Locating the Hypothesis, part 1
16 – Lateral Thinking
15 – Conscientiousness
14 – The Unknown and the Unknowable
13 – Asking The Wrong Questions
12 – Impulse Control
10 – Self-Awareness, Part 2
9 – Self-Awareness, Part 1
8 – Positive Bias
7b – Reciprocation, part 2
7a – Reciprocation, part 1
6b – The Planning Fallacy, part 2
6a – The Planning Fallacy, part 1
4 & 5 – The Efficient Market Hypothesis & The Fundamental Attribution Error
2 & 3 – Everything I Believe Is False & Comparing Reality to Its Alternatives
1 – A Day of Very Low Probabilty