Blindsided 08: We Got A Live One!

The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Join Brian and Steven as we wrangle up some aliens of dubious sentience so we can confine them and do some mad science at them!

The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes.

Check out the awesome companion website sxp made!

The starting quote for this episode is: “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them” —Einstein

This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?” —Pierre Troubetzkoy

For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “If I can but make the words awake the feeling” —Ian Anderson, Stand Up