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Cult or Just Weird

Cult Or Just Weird

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?

society & culture

All Episodes

01:14:17

S6E23 - The Mindset

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/09/03

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 --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL "is it a cult or just weird?" evaluation & discussion --- Further Reading

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01:15:16

S6E22 - The Germ Makers

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/08/27

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.britannica.com/science/eugenics-genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_eugenics

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01:13:30

S6E21 - The Germ Makers

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/08/20

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* Science / Pseudoscience; Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Eugenics --- Further Reading

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50:59

S6E20 - The Final Boss(es) (Effective Altruism &...

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/08/13

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 Spoiler* Effective Altruism & Longtermism --- Further Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism#

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41:05

S6E19 - The Final Boss(es)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/08/06

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 --- *Topic Spoiler* Effective Altruism & Longtermism --- Further Reading

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50:50

S6E18 - The Resurrection

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/07/30

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 Cosmism --- Further Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cosmism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Fyodorov_(philosopher)

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47:05

S6E17 - The Immortalists' Conclusions

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/07/23

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 / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Bill Faloon, The Church of Perpetual Life, and the FDA --- Further Reading https://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/

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36:28

S6E16 - The Immortalists' Founder

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/07/16

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 Spoiler* Bill Faloon & The Church of Perpetual Life --- Further Reading https://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/

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31:36

S6E15 - The Immortalists' Church

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/07/09

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 Life --- Further Reading https://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@COPL18/featured

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01:22:14

S6E14 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/07/02

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- 🎵 it's like 10^58 motes 🎵 when all you neeeed is a torture 🎵 Chris & Kayla discuss the third & final piece of Émile Torres's interview. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr. Émile P. Torres Wikipedia Dr. Émile P. Torres

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42:33

S6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/06/25

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. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr. Émile P. Torres Wikipedia Dr. Émile P. Torres Twitter Dr Torres & Dr Gebru's

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40:20

S6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/06/18

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 / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr

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54:40

S6E11 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/06/11

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 --- *Further Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LessWrong

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01:02:10

S6E10 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/06/04

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 Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LessWrong

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41:48

S6E9 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/05/28

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* LessWrong --- *Further Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LessWrong

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44:27

S6E8 - The Future of Humanity: Plus

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/05/21

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 Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* Humanity+ --- *Further Reading* https://www.britannica.com/topic/transhumanism

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39:05

S6E7 - The Future of Humanity: Prelude

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/05/14

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 --- *Topic Spoiler* Transhumanism --- Further Reading

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25:36

S6E6 - The Terror (Terror Management Theory)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/05/07

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* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Terror Management Theory --- *Further Reading*

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44:36

S6E5 - The Cryonauts: Conclusion

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/04/30

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 a cult, or just weird? --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further

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58:03

S6E4 - The Cryonauts: Interview

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/04/23

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; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading The Cryosphere discord https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/

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