Show notes
We speak with Yassine Meskhout of The Bailey about… a whole bunch of things actually.LINKSYassine’s SubstackThe MotteThe Bailey podcastYassine’s I Am Here Because Of Blind Dumb LuckCheck Here For Racial Oppression – history of the US Federal racial categoriesSSC post popularizing & explaining the Motte And Bailey DoctrineAlex Jones as Epic PoetryYassine’s posts on Paul Ehrlich’s Gymnastics and Meghan Murphy’s Speedrun Guide to Logical FallaciesThere Are No Amendments in IslamEleven Magic WordsMorality is Accidental & Self-CongratulatoryConsider The Hand AxeSlavery in Video GamesThe post about that video game with slavery0:01:05 – Yassine is (officially) white0:19:48 – Official open + The Bailey podcast0:26:36 – MCU-level mental gymnastics0:55:55 – Yassine on Eleven Magic Words and being a Public Defender1:20:41 – There Are No Amendments in Islam1:51:50 – Guild of the Rose Update1:56:42 – Less Wrong Posts2:17:58 – Thank the PatronWe now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The PodcastLessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:Disguised QueriesNeural CategoriesNext Sequence Posts:How An Algorithm Feels From InsideDisputing Definitions