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 book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes.
The starting quote for this episode is: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” —Emerson M. Pugh
This episode’s discussion ends at the quote:“You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.” —Einstein
The last quote in the book is: Species used to go extinct. Now they go on hiatus.” —Deborah MacLennan, Tables of our Reconstruction
But we’ll be reading the notes and references too.
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