96 – Do Words Mean Things, Also Sex Science!
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The Conspirators sort of continue the conversation from our last episode, after meandering around about the meaning of words/their relevance to current usage. Eventually we’ll get to the LessWrong sequence on the Human Use of Words and this confusion will hopefully dissolve. Comic Relief: Omeleto video featuring Nick offerman Patreon supporter Welf wrote a blog post that they shared with us and we touched on in this discussion. It’s really good if this topic interests you. Ryan Gosling Avatar Papyrus freak out on SNL Jess’s favorite dinosaur What if we had only the bones of modern animals and drew them like we draw dinosaurs? (link with whale, link to book) Wikipedia and other links from Jess Alicorn transgender story? From Jess Skeptoid episode Transgender: Fact or Fiction Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: None! Postponed till next time 🙁 Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: (Are still…) Focus Your Uncertainty The Proper Use of Doubt Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here! We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!