A Sense of Proportion

"C" stands for consciousness
106: A Sense of Proportion

Science writer John Horgan, author of Rational Mysticism, joins KMO in the C-Realm and takes a turn in the Total Perspective Vortex. Topics include the ego-inflation that overtakes some psychonauts, the nihilistic abuses of cult leaders, the unfulfilled promises of artificial intelligence, and the glorious visions of Singularitarians.

You can find John Horgan's Bloggingheads.tv interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky here:

http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/11693

You can find Eliezer's reflections on the encounter here:

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/06/bloggingheads-y.html

Michael Anissimov described the Horgan/Yudkowsky piece as a "trainwreck." Checkitout:

http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2008/06/bloggingheadstv-interview-horgan-and-yudkowsky/