Blindsided 09: Is It Wrong to Torture a Roomba?

JUL 22, 202568 MIN
The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Blindsided 09: Is It Wrong to Torture a Roomba?

JUL 22, 202568 MIN

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<p><img decoding="async" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51arrvR+m3L._SL500_.jpg" /></p> <p>Join Brian and Steven as we put jumper cables on this roomba to see if it feels pain!</p> <p>The book doesn&#8217;t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes.</p> <p>Check out the awesome <a href="https://blindsided.replit.app/#">companion website</a> sxp made!</p> <p>The starting quote for this episode is: <strong>&#8220;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?&#8221; —Pierre Troubetzkoy</strong></p> <p>This episode&#8217;s discussion ends at the quote: <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>&#8220;If I can but make the words awake the feeling&#8221; —Ian Anderson, Stand Up</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For next week, stop reading when you get to the quote: &#8220;</span><strong>If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, </strong><strong>we would be so simple that we couldn&#8217;t.&#8221; </strong><strong>—Emerson M. Pugh</strong></p>