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Gus Docker

Host of the Utilitarian Podcast: https://anchor.fm/utilitarian

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8[3-hour podcast]: Milan Cirkovic on the ethics of aliens, astrobiology and civilizations elsewhere in the universe8d

30[3-hour podcast] Michael Huemer on epistemology, metaethics, EA, utilitarianism and infinite ethics2mo

10[3-hour podcast]: Aubrey de Grey on the EA case for ending aging2mo

5New 4-hour podcast about the future of consciousness with Andrés Gómez Emilsson from the Qualia Research Institute 4mo

183-hour podcast about the meta-ethics of utilitarianism and much else with philosopher Torbjörn Tännsjö6mo

21New 3-hour podcast with Anders Sandberg about Grand Futures7mo

12Podcast: Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on metaethics and utilitarianism9mo

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[3-hour podcast] Michael Huemer on epistemology, metaethics, EA, utilitarianism and infinite ethics

Gus Docker2mo1

Glad you liked the episode :) I had limited time with Kent, so I didn't get to ask him everything I wanted to ask. I hope to have more pleasure/pain scientists on in the future, maybe from the same lab.

[3-hour podcast]: Aubrey de Grey on the EA case for ending aging

Gus Docker2mo2

Hi Filip

Thank you, glad you're enjoying the podcast :)

The new method is persufflation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryopreservation#Persufflation

New 4-hour podcast about the future of consciousness with Andrés Gómez Emilsson from the Qualia Research Institute

Gus Docker3mo1

Thanks!

I don't know whether QRI could test that hypothesis in such a setup. Based on what I know, they're going to test the Symmetry Theory of Valence more directly.