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podcast – The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Episodes

Total: 494

15 – Conscientiousness
2011/7/21

Charms and Transfiguration classes; Hermione challenges Harry to a competition.   David Brin&#8

14 – The Unknown and the Unknowable
2011/7/14

Quest loot! & seeing oneself from the outside can be illuminating   Original Text   &n

13 – Asking The Wrong Questions
2011/6/30

The Confrontation, The Apology, and The Game   Original Text    

12 – Impulse Control
2011/6/23

Changing the distant past is easy if you get started early enough.   Original Text  

10 – Self-Awareness, Part 2
2011/6/16

Harry is Sorted.   Original Text  

9 – Self-Awareness, Part 1
2011/6/8

The Musical Episode   Original Text  

8 – Positive Bias
2011/6/2

The origin of the All-Powerful Snap. Also introducing Hermione and Neville.   Original Text &nb

7b – Reciprocation, part 2
2011/5/26

Harry explains Science. Original Text

7a – Reciprocation, part 1
2011/5/19

Harry meets Ron, and discovers Lucius Malfoy’s one weakness.   Original Text  

6b – The Planning Fallacy, part 2
2011/5/11

Harry’s dark side is (briefly) revealed.   Original Text

6a – The Planning Fallacy, part 1
2011/5/4

Harry prefers the term “World Optimization”   Original Text

4 & 5 – The Efficient Market Hypothesis & The Fundamental Attribution Error
2011/4/27

Harry discovers he’s rich, and meets Draco Malfoy.   Original Text

2 & 3 – Everything I Believe Is False & Comparing Reality to Its Alternatives
2011/4/20

McGonagall overturns 3000 years of physics, and Harry learns about You-Know-Who.   Original Tex

1 – A Day of Very Low Probabilty
2011/4/11

Harry receives a letter from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and sends a reply. &nbs