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Bayes Blast 23 – Less Fingers = Less Blasting?

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Bayes Blast 30 – Less.Online

“Social justice progressivism (SJP) is the first time most people—including most Christians—have encountered a truly vital religion,” argues Tracing Woodgrains. We dive into this.
LINKS
The Twitter Essay we’re discussing
Tracing Woodgrains on Twitter
Tracing Woodgrains’s SubStack
Trace’s piece on the FAA scandal/conspiracy
Eneasz’s post on repenting for new atheism
Eliezer on Every Cause Wants To Be A Cult
TBC episode 7(!) with a negative utilitarian (Kill All Humans)
Yassine’s thread on religious tolerance of wokism
Robin Williams escaped Lewy Body Dementia
Richard Dawkins’s The Greatest Show On Earth
Scott Alexander’s Fascination Lottery
Worth The Candle by Alexander Wales
Eneasz on The Peace of Westphalia and the War on Christmas
0:00:17 – The New Vital Religion
1:22:31 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:23:42 – Less Wrong Posts
1:43:36 – Thank the Patron

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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
Savanna Poets
Joy in the Merely Real
Next Sequence Posts:
Joy in Discovery
Bind Yourself to Reality




211 – The Social Justice Religion with Tracing Woodgrains

We speak with Simone and Malcolm from Based Camp and Pronatalist.org. World population is a few decades from collapse if trends continue. Is this bad, and what can be done?
LINKS
Based Camp YouTube  and Podcast
Pronatalist.org
The mentioned where to live document
Project Eureka (the Collins’s town to move to project)
The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion
TBC – You Are In Newcomb’s IQ Shredder
TBC – CyberChristianity
Scott Alexander – The Toxoplasma Of Rage
Unweaving The Rainbow
Bonus Chat with Aella at Patreon, and at SubStack
0:00:17 – Simone & Malcolm
1:18:54 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:20:17 – Less Wrong Posts
1:40:10 – Thank the Patron

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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
Explaining vs. Explaining Away
Fake Reductionism
Next Sequence Posts:
Savanna Poets
Joy in the Merely Real




210 – Demographic Collapse & Religion with Simone & Malcolm Collins

Steven and Eneasz regale each other and you with our stories, experiences, and takeaways from VibeClipse.
The video Eneasz mentioned with him and especially Jen reacting to totality. 

Bayes Blast 29 – VibeClipse

Yassine tells us what’s wrong with DJs and reveals their ancient mystical secrets.
His post, DJ At Law
Watch DJ-crush Tinzo spinning her craft


Bayes Blast 23 – Less Fingers = Less Blasting?

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