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: “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
The starting quote for this episode is: “They know the music but not the words.” — Hare, Without Conscience
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote: “Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” —Aristotle
For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: “Predators run for their dinner. Prey run for their lives.” —Old Ecologist’s Proverb
The starting quote for this episode is: “They know the music but not the words.” — Hare, Without Conscience
And the stop quote for this episode is: “Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” —Aristotle
Join Brian and Steven on their expedition to the edge of the solar system with part 2 of Blindsight!
The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. (I read the wrong quote at the top of the episode. Whoopsie!)
The starting quote for this episode is: “Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” —Robert Jarvik
And the stop quote for this episode is: “They know the music but not the words.” — Hare, Without Conscience