Join Chris & Kayla on their journeys of humor, discovery, and the absurd as they try to answer the question... is it a cult, or just weird?
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The future is there… looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. -William Gibson Chris & Kayla finally land the plane on this whole TESCREAL situation. --- *Search Categories* anthropological; internet culture; science/pseudoscience --- *To…
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S6E22 - The Germ Makers (Eugenics, pt2)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- POV: the Serenity Prayer, but with shoulds instead of cans. Chris & Kayla attempt to tie the knot between Transhumanism and Eugenics. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Eugenics --- Further Reading https://www.…
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S6E21 - The Germ Makers (Eugenics)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- No idiot knows that he is an idiot. As a rule, those of small intellectual equipment are so sure of themselves that they are eager to make the race over in their own image. -Clarence Darrow Chris & Kayla enjoy dunking on one of history's worst ideas. --- *Search Categories…
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S6E20 - The Final Boss(es) (Effective Altruism & Longtermism)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others. -Nelson Mandela Last week was context... this week we get juicy. --- *Search Categories* Business; Society & Culture; Common Interest/Fandom --- *Topic S…
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S6E19 - The Final Boss(es) (Effective Altruism & Longtermism)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. - Nelson Henderson We tackle the final three letters of the TESCREAL acronym, and fight about the future. --- *Search Categories* Business; Society & Culture; Common Interest/Fandom ---…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings. - Eden Ahbez Two episodes in one to grapple with the origins of a cosmic concept, and its future among the stars. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Russian Cosmism and modern Cosmis…
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S6E17 - The Immortalists' Conclusions (Church of Perpetual Life)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Time isn't the only thing the FDA is killing. - ACT UP slogan Chris & Kayla grapple with the intense nuance presented by the Church of Perpetual Life and the Life Extension Foundation. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fand…
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S6E16 - The Immortalists' Founder (Church of Perpetual Life)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- How could I enjoy a yacht if I know we're all going to die and disappear? - Bill Faloon Chris & Kayla head back to Church to learn more about the man behind the curtain. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic S…
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S6E15 - The Immortalists' Church (Church of Perpetual Life)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Aging and Death can be Optional...We Choose Life & Health. Chris & Kayla head to church to learn how the Creator wants us to live forever. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Church of Perpetual…
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S6E14 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! ---Oleh Cult or Just Weird
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S6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Making predictions is tough, especially about the future. -Niels Bohr Chris & Kayla put the L in TESCREAL. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P…
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S6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. - Sam Altman Chris & Kayla talk about the future of humanity, in the long term. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / …
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S6E11 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- This podcast is Bayesd. Chris & Kayla update all of their priors about LessWrong and decide if it's a cult, or just weird. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* LessWrong --- *Furthe…
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S6E10 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The Territory is not The Map. Chris & Kayla fall out of a coconut tree and continue their discussion of LessWrong. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* LessWrong --- *Further Readin…
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S6E9 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Have not you read The Sequences? Chris & Kayla do their first ever CoJW topic revisit and discuss an online community dedicated to Rationalism. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* …
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S6E8 - The Future of Humanity: Plus
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- What would you say you... do... here? Chris dunks on a doofy website for 40 minutes straight; it is also possible we learn some things about Transhumanism along the way. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; New Religio…
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S6E7 - The Future of Humanity: Prelude
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human? - David Zindell Chris and Kayla take the next steps on the path of the unfolding season...and the unfolding of humanity's future. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom ---…
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S6E6 - The Terror (Terror Management Theory)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season. --- *Search Categories* Anthropolo…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The act of freezing a dead body and storing it indefinitely on the chance that some future generation may restore it to life is an act of faith, not science. - The Society for Cryobiology, official statement The chilling conclusion to CoJW's series on cryonics... but is it…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Being cryopreserved after death is the second-worst thing that could happen. The worst thing is dying without being cryopreserved. - Ben Best Kayla dives deeper into the world of cryonics by talking to an actual cryonaut. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Co…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.or…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https:/…
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipe…
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S5-and-a-half: Patreon Discussion of Season 5
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-5-bonus-95443966) --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whitesi…
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S5E11 - The Full Circle (Death Cafes)
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Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us all. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Death Cafes --- *Further Reading* …
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