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Prediction is a lot like playing poker…so why do we treat it like it was a coin toss? Enter the Bayesians! Video: http://youtu.be/zXFnwYUPjGA Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/05/23/144.-Thinking-Like-a-Bayesian.html

Newcomb’s Problem: it’s like “Is a hotdog a sandwich?,” but WAY nerdier, with deep implications for rationality. Video: http://youtu.be/SQw2WmicDYA Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/05/09/143.-Newcomb's-Problem-Evidential-and-Causal-Decision-Theory.html

Many people are worried about rogue AI’s of the future, but what about the ones that already exist? Video: http://youtu.be/mI1wIDgxuRg Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/04/25/142.-'Rogue-AI's'-of-the-Present-Day.html

A self-replicating 3D printer might be on the horizon, & with it, the exciting potential of Von Neumann probes! Video: http://youtu.be/aAPmm0EDhtU Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/04/11/141.-Von-Neumann-Probes.html

You’ve changed a lot, but you’ve got yourself more or less figured out now, right? You and everyone else. Video: http://youtu.be/eCeD7VDJCYY Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/03/30/140.-The-End-of-History-Illusion-and-Introspection.html

Rhetorical jousting has its place, but so does good faith argumentation. Video: http://youtu.be/WrzCpqgQ5uE Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/03/16/139.-Good-Faith.html

Whats the harm in a little white lie? Well, if you tell enough of them, you may be able to steer an electorate. Video: http://youtu.be/Z9pyJN6iQG0 Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/02/27/138.-Misinformation.html

Is a brain all you need to have a functional mind? Is the body just peripheral to cognition? Many researchers think so, but advocates of embodied cognition have different ideas. Video: http://youtu.be/NDw_1UyNTKI Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/02/10/137.-Embodied-Cognition.html

Engineering is a highly technical field, but it makes use of exceedingly useful and straightforward ideas. Video: http://youtu.be/9AYuXNz_0Fc Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/01/24/136.-Engineering-Wisdom-Tolerance-and-Failing-Gracefully.html

Aumanns Agreement Theorem suggests that rational folk shouldnt be able to continuously disagree…so why do we? Video: http://youtu.be/hR5Bp7oCidI Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2018/01/10/135.-Aumann's-Agreement-Theorem-and-Arguing-to-Learn.html