The Bayesian Conspiracy

Apr 16 2025 297 ep. 91 mins 45.7k
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A conversational podcast for the less hardcore rationalist, who wants to level-up their rational skills while having fun.

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235 – Gender Differences, with Wes and Jen

Apr 16 2025 144 mins  
Wes Fenza and Jen Kesteloot join us to talk about whether there’s significant personality differences between men and women, and what (if anything) we should do about that. LINKS Wes’s post Men and Women are Not That Different Jacob’s quoted post Navigation By Moonlight Eneasz’s related post How To Believe False Things Clearer Thinking’s Gender Continu

234 – GiveDirectly, with Nick Allardice

Apr 02 2025 112 mins  
We speak to Nick Allardice, President & CEO of GiveDirectly. Afterwards Steven and Eneasz get wrapped up talking about community altruism for a bit. LINKS Give Directly GiveDirectly Tech Innovation Fact Sheet 00:00:05 – Give Directly with Nick Allardice 01:12:19 – Steven & Eneasz chat about Community Altruism 01:49:35 – Guild of the Rose 01:51:36 – Thank the Support

233 – AI Policy in D.C., with Dave Kasten

Mar 19 2025 91 mins  
Dave Kasten joins us to discuss how AI is being discussed in the US government and gives a rather inspiring and hopeful take. LINKS Narrow Path Center for AI Policy Dave Kasten’s Essay on the Essay Meta on his Substack Prospective donors for CAIP can donate here and potential major donors ($5k+) encouraged to email Jason at [email protected] TBC episode 202 – we talk wi

Bayes Blast 41 – AI Action Plan

Mar 08 2025 4 mins  
The White House wants to hear from you regarding what it should do about AI safety. Now’s your chance to spend a few minutes to make someone read your thoughts on the subject! Submissions are due by midnight EST on March 15th. Submit your comments the the White House here Check out NarrowPath

232 – The Milton Friedman Theory of Change, with John Bennett

Mar 05 2025 91 mins  
John Bennett discusses Milton Friedman‘s model of policy change. LINKS The Milton Friedman Model of Policy Change John Bennett’s LinkedIn Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom” Preface Ross Rheingans-Yoo on Thalidomide at Complex Systems, and at his blog “Every Bay Area Walled Compound” Trace on the FAA hiring scandal What We Owe the Future (W

Bayes Blast 40 – HPMOR 10 Year Anniversary Parties

Feb 20 2025 11 mins  
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231 – SuperBabies, with Gene Smith

Feb 19 2025 108 mins  
Gene Smith on polygenic screening; gene editing to give our children the happiest, healthiest, best lives they can live; and if we can do this in adults as well. Plus how this will interface with the AI future.   LINKS How To Make Super Babies How to have Polygenically Screened Children Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With Gene Editing May Be Possible Meiosis is all

Bayes Blast 39 – Ladylike for Autistics

Feb 05 2025 22 mins  
Eneasz tells Jen about Sympathetic Opposition’s How and Why to be Ladylike (For Women with Autism), and the podcast takes a 1-episode break

230 – Making Dating Not Suck with Jacob Falkovich

Jan 22 2025 81 mins  
Jacob Falkovich on finding a good match and selfless dating LINKS SecondPerson.Dating – why dating sucks and how you will unsuck it Jacob’s post on soccer player skill distribution Go Fuck Someone Selfless Dating Consensual Hostility (re consent culture) steelmanning Monogamy A recent(ish) TBC episode on polyamory Eneasz on finding partners that like the opposite sex De

Bayes Blast 38 – Shitcoins

Jan 20 2025 4 mins  
How shitcoins work, plus the Dumb Money movie about the GameStop squeeze.