215 – Rationalism and Religion, with Brandon Hendrickson

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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

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