The Mind Killer

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Claudine Gay resignedThe IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Texas seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, prevent Border Patrol agents from entering the areaMilei repeals housing regulation “Rental Law.” 1 month later Buenos Aires apartments double, rents down 20%US and UK launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, in response to their attacks on shippingThe Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq stock indices closed up 14%, 24%, and 43%, respectively, for 2023Congress agreed on a budget deal that’s basically what they agreed to during the debt ceiling negotiationsTrump promised to pardon Jan. 6 riotersTrump makes fun of Nikky Halley for not saying the Civil War was about slavery Trump will not be allowed to make his own closing argument Wayne LaPierre resigned as head of NRAISIS suicide bombers responsible for two explosions in IranISIS condems Hamas for sacraficing the people of Gaza for Iran’s “regional project” (and bombs Hamas)The Islamic Fatwah Council found Hamas to be a Human Rights violator, issued a fatwah900 Post Office managers wrongly convicted of theft/fraud over 14 year span due to faulty computer systemTwo Chinese labs working on replicating LK-99 appear to have found a room-temperature superconductor.Bill Ackman’s wife is accused of plagiarism. In retaliation Ackman will investigate all current MIT faculty members, President, other officers of the Corporation, and its board members for plagiarism.“the plagiarism issue seems more like busting Al Capone for tax evasion.Does Chris Rufo have a Harvard degree?"corruption inside China’s Rocket Force and throughout the nation’s defense industrial base is so extensive that US officials now believe Xi is less likely to contemplate major military action in the coming years than would otherwise have been the case..."Fired Comedian Ordered to Get Day Job Back After Jokes Ruled 'Simply Funny'Mexican Cartels use drones to kill 30 people, first hit of its kindRegulators ordered U.S. airlines to temporarily stop using some Boeing 737 Max 9 planesMost High-Cost Borrowers (payday loans) don’t understand basic financial conceptsMedicare capped Insulin at $35/month. Some plans are choosing not to cover insulins with higher manufacturing costU.S. is experiencing a police hiring crisis NCAA is seemingly embracing Name Image and Likeness CollectivesWilliam Penn’s statue remains on his homeWe can make dishwasher that work well again! SEC approved Bitcoin ETFHappy News!Swedish scientists found yields could be increased by running an electrical current through plants’ rootsUT botonists found that exposure to etheline gas increases yields and stress tolerance in crops.NASA exploratory research grant funds a project to investigate ways to keep hydrogen at liquid temperatures in cislunar space.On Dec 21 a 13 yr old finally beat Tetris, a world first Same project funding a way to use swarms of laser-propelled one-gram probes to get to Proxima Centauri (and back(? But also !) in 8 years.In-womb surgery allows girl to walkCops charge up 5 floors of fire to carry out ninety-year olds from burning buildingHero dad saves woman and baby from car swept up in floodEneasz has a new story coming soonRory Stewart walked across Afghanistan in winter, accidentally discovered a lost city along the way, Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Claudine Gay resignedTrump kicked off the Maine ballot NYT sued OpenAICongress only passed 27 bills last year Israel uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza CityThey are also withdrawing troops Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group’s military wing, killed in a drone strike in Beirut Israel Supreme Court struck down the judicial reform lawDenmark has a woke king after old queen abdicatesLink for a general update to the Red Sea situationUS Navy sunk three of four small boats from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels  A trade group for social media companies sued Utah over laws prohibiting minors from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless authorized by a parentChinese professor used AI to write a science fiction “novel” that won a national competition.66-year-old dude stabs South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the neckThe IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Eneasz’s story about AI and fanficHappy News!“Steamboat Willie” is out of copyright after 96 MFin’ years.  AI was trained on experimental data and used to identify chemical substructures that underlie selective antibiotic activity. This led to the discovery of a new structural class of antibioticsa protein antibody that reduces the number of inflammation-causing immune cells has been developed, treats asthmaFeng Zhou at NYU created tiny DNA robots. It can reproduce itselfMicrosoft is training a custom, narrow-focus LLM specifically on the regulatory process for small nuclear plantsUber Driver Returns $8,000 to Teen Who Left the Christmas Cash in His CarArmy veteran Juan Serrano in Virginia jumped 50 feet off a bridge to save a suicidal teenTroop DeploymentDavid - Scott Alexander’s dadpostEneasz -  Societies will collapse under war and bloodshed/ school makes kids suicidalWes - Against CommitmentGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Guyana & Venezuela both pledged not to use forceThe likely first longevity drug is based on sketchy science.Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump’s name from the ballotMore trouble in the SuezIvy league presidents are terrible at PRBeff Jezos doxxed by ForbesEpic Games v. Google found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.Texas makes illegally crossing the border a state crime, enabling state police to arrest suspectsTexas Supreme Court ruled that “good faith belief” of doctor is not enough for exception to abortion banGiuliani ordered to pay $148M for spreading lies about Georgia election workersBiden Administration announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high.House formally approves Biden impeachment inquiryHappy News!a specially trained LLM asked to write short computer programs that can generate solutions to a particular mathematical problem outdoes human mathematiciansTesla drops a demo video of Optimus Gen2The FDA approved two sickle cell disease treatments, including its first-ever approval of a therapy that uses the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPRTroop DeploymentsSpirituality Takes TimeTracingWoodgrains’ post about Nonlinear and Lightcone Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

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Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!Sam Altman is back at OpenAI!Not fake news - future news! George Santos actually expelled this timeScientists got a whole-ass Earth-plant to grow in lunar regolithGaza pause didn’t last long, but the original 4 days were extended to 63 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 dronesNew war just dropped!? Red Venezuela v. Guyana (v. Brazil?)The Hague ruled that this is b******tGuyana Analysis Thread!Binance CEO "CZ" steps down, pleads guilty to U.S. money laundering violationsBad news: abortion bans workTwo senators introduce “The Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act” which would ban gas-operated firearms… and also non-gas-operated semi-auto firearms. Expert on guns: “Now you’re just lying”More Ukraine funding probably not comingJohn Cornyn: “I think there’s a misunderstanding on the part of Senator Schumer and some of our Democratic friends,” Cornyn said. “This is not a traditional negotiation, where we expect to come up with a bipartisan compromise on the border. This is a price that has to be paid in order to get the supplemental.”The House has already passed an immigration bill that make asylum much less generousHappy News!Life-extension drug approved for phase 2 trials (but drug is for dogs)University of Washington researchers developed deep-learning algorithms for noise canceling headphones such that wearers can pick which sounds they want to hear, and which to blockVideo demoDoritos SilentEleos Health, a company developing a “tool that can run in the background of mental health sessions and uses voice AI capabilities to analyze it and give insights and information about the patient”All 41 Workers Rescued From Collapsed Tunnel in India Himalayas After 17 Days TrappedJapan has a new island!Badass footageA team of YouTubers, engineers, and ranchers found how much horsepower a horse can pullGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comWes, David, and Eneasz invite Yassine Meskhout onto the podcast to discuss his recent Substack post about the Israel-Palestine situation

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comWes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:George Santos wasn’t actually expelled, they just triedAnd they’re trying againSpaceX gets FAA approval for second Starship test launchSAG Strike is over! The AI provisions of the dealSama kicked …

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News Links:SBF guilty on all chargesWe have a speaker of the house!He doesn’t have a bank account?!?First bill passed: $14 billion in aid for Israel plus $14 billion in cuts for IRSBiden Executive Order on AIZvi agrees that it is mostly a prelude to actions to be taken in a few yearsProminent AI Scientists from China and the West Propose Joint Strategy to Mitigate Risks from AI Israel NewsHouthi Rebels in Yemen are launching missiles at IsraelHezbollah and Israel firing rockets at each other in LebanonChinese companies removed Israel from their mapsHalf of The Kids Today think Hamas was justifiedOne of the founders of the Democratic Socialists of America resigned over the Hamas supportcommies supporting a final solutionanti lgbt, black Hebrews, shocked pikachuFearless Fund sued by same group that got rid of formal discrimination in university admissionsEVs are getting harder to sellHappy News!AI reads words on Pompeii scroll, makes John Lennon sound good, gets people jobsAlmost 900 school districts are giving kids 3-day weekends!Missouri poll found 69% of parents approved, but (naturally) press coverage has been uniformly negativeU.S. economy grew almost 5% in the third quarterNew fish just droppedNew Silkworm just dropped - Adding spider DNA to silkworms creates silk stronger than KevlarTeenagers who came across an empty candy bucket refilled it with their own candyEneasz -  Don’t Trans Me BroGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying $1.1BCaroline Ellison of FTX admits on the stand that Sam bribed Chinese officials with $100M to unfreeze their assets, purposely tried to scam Saudi investors in the final days of FTX, & intentionally tried to sic regulators on Binance to destroy his competition.The NYT issued a mea culpa for its coverage of the destroyed hospitalA US Navy warship shot down several cruise missiles and drones launched from Yemenmia khalifa plus many others cancelledan intrepid 25-year-old Israeli woman saved an entire kibbutz from harm by leading a group of residents to kill more than two dozen advancing terroristsTexas fortifies border with New Mexico with concertina wireGag issue ordered for TrumpA group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-MeterHappy News!over the past two decades increased globalization has resulted in higher wages, safer workplaces, and less child labor, and it has happened the fastest in the countries that have opened the most and are most integrated in global supply chainsBay Area high school grad (with  a 3.97 unweighted and 4.42 weighted GPA, scored 1590 out of 1600 on SATs) rejected by 16 colleges - hired by Google! Eleven of the 271 recipients of the Thiel Fellowship have founded unicorns so far!!Troop DeploymentsEneasz -  Gender is personality (or maybe more accurately, personality-tropes)Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Azerbaijan wonThe Free Press says this is Israel’s 9/11They randomly massacred a music festival, taken many hostages“Declare a humanitarian interest in liberating Gaza from Hamas' theocratic military dictatorship”Madmen march in support of murder-rapeUS shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of troops Turkey has been striking Kurdish separatistsNew Tinder $500-a-month plan Trump org found guilty of fraud, lost its business licenseCowards refuse to recognize artAlabama has a new voting mapAnthropic - patterns of neuron activations map to “Features” which separately represent thingsAnthropic CEO and Co-Founder says there’s a 75-90% chance that humanity won’t be wiped out by AIs!Walmart says users of weight loss drugs are buying less foodWood structure aged 476,000 yrs old foundFDA Delenda Est!! Why won’t you let old people be happy??Happy News!Air taxis in 2025?!?Nobel Prizes awarded last weekGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe