Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality The work that started it all. An alternate universe story, where Petunia married a scientist. Harry enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.
The starting quote for this episode is: “If I can but make the words awake the feeling” —Ian Anderson, Stand Up
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” —Emerson M. Pugh
For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein
The starting quote for this episode is: “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
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “If I can but make the words awake the feeling” —Ian Anderson, Stand Up
For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” —Emerson M. Pugh
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
The starting quote for this episode is: “You have eyes, but you do not see” —Jesus the Nazorean
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them” —Einstein
For next week, stop reading when you get to 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
The starting quote for this episode is: “Predators run for their dinner. Prey run for their lives.” —Old Ecologist’s Proverb
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “You have eyes, but you do not see” —Jesus the Nazorean
For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them” —Einstein
Here are a couple of videos that demonstrate inattentional blindness. I hope you have as much fun getting your world rocked as I did when I first saw these. :)
The starting quote for this episode is: “Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” —Aristotle
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “Predators run for their dinner. Prey run for their lives.” —Old Ecologist’s Proverb
For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “You have eyes, but you do not see” —Jesus the Nazorean