215 – Rationalism and Religion, with Brandon Hendrickson

Brandon Hendrickson takes over the podcast! He interrogates Eneasz about his past, and this crazy rationalist religion idea, and introduces a vast knowledge base of secular religion development. LINKS Brandon’s substack, The Lost Tools of Learning Simple square visualization to understand Bayes Theorem SA – Yes We Have Noticed The Skulls That’s Modalism, Patrick! Bentham’s Bulldog substack The Peace of Westphalia and the War on Christmas SA – A Theory of Religion Brandon’s googledoc with the outline of how to follow-up Christianity Bart Campolo’s website/podcast The Rise of Christianity (Amazon) The Rise of Mormonism (Amazon) Building the Benedict Option (Amazon) SA – The Lottery of Fascinations AskWho Casts AI Prev Episodes with Brandon, on his ACX-Winning Book Review of The Educated Mind – 200 & 201 0:04:05 – Can Rationlists Be Theists? 0:16:13 – Eneasz’s Mysterious Jehovah’s Witness Past 0:49:48 – Why Does Eneasz Want A Rationalist Religion? 1:12:02 – The Rise of Christianity 1:36:21 – VibeCamp Debrief 1:41:57 – Guild of the Rose Update 1:43:41 – Listener Feedback 1:50:52 – Less Wrong Posts 2:17:13 – Thank the Patron Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: To Spread Science, Keep It Secret Initiation Ceremony Next Sequence Posts: Hand vs. Fingers Angry Atoms