Table of Contents (Fan-made)
This is a fan-made Table of Contents for the purposes of aiding navigation during the Bayesian Conspiracy's read-along podcast "It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory" (hpmorpodcast.com). It should be free of spoilers, so comments and proposed edits should go to the draft on Google Docs, and this page will represent only the "finalized" entries.
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Volume I – Mad Investor Chaos and the Woman of Asmodeus
Prologue
Planecrash
End of tag
365
Book One: Places-People-Go-When-They-Are-Dead
25,292
Chapter 1
Golarion
"Keltham…spent some very long minutes contemplating…[how] to have it not happen to him."
1,825
Chapter 2
Equilibrium
"…two one-proton atoms and one eight-proton atom"
4,370
Chapter 3
Steel
"'Pray'?"
2,178
Chapter 4
Infinite Possibility Space
Keltham repeats six names.
Note: IMSIYUDT Week 1 ends instead on "And she trots off to find the priest."
Chapter 5
Surface Thoughts
He decides to check if he knows the answer.
4,216
Interlude
Environmentalized Intrinsics
"People do it live at parties.)"
1,664
Chapter 6
The True Meaning of Chaos
"Keltham was somewhat misinformed…"
2,943
Chapter 7
Squirrel
End of conversation before "The priest stands up"
2,078
Chapter 8
Presumption of Good Intentions
"…and they teleport."
1,515
Book Two: Customs
33,650
Chapter 9
Syllables
"Keltham shall now attempt to explore…"
Note: IMSIYUDT Week 2 ends instead on "It has plumbing!"
Chapter 10
Spilled Ink
"EMERGENCY […] MEETING RIGHT NOW"
3,318
Chapter 11
Common Knowledge
"WHAT. WHAT IS THIS"
2,057
Chapter 12
Sources
"Eventually, Keltham lies down in bed" (stop at first line of tag)
2,714
Chapter 13
Seven
Keltham wakes up.
2,077
Chapter 14
Heresy
End of Carissa's morning conversation.
2,467
Interlude
They Never Listen
End of tag.
117
Chapter 15
Board of Coordination
"'STOP IGNORING URGENT REPORTS'" +1 tag
2,303
Chapter 16
Topology
"Oh and also eat breakfast." (and breakfast begins)
3,048
Chapter 17
Master-Criminal-Detective
"'Cheliax is Asmodeus's and Asmodeus isn't stupid.'" +1 tag
2,577
Chapter 18
Mobility
"'Sure. […] if there isn't a big round stone tower around.'"
2,686
Chapter 19
Thinking Quickly
"they all have good poker faces."
2,120
Chapter 20
Going Meta
"if you go looking for enough tiny signs like that, you will eventually find some"
4,267
Book Three: Orientation
Chapter 21
Sense Motive
"'thick erasable pens in multiple colors.'"
4,878
Chapter 22
One Equals One
"Physics disasters are BAD but math disasters are SO MUCH WORSE."
2,775
Chapter 23
Faster Than Hell
"'…you're not all 8 years old and that should count for something…'" (+end of tag)
5,688
Interlude
Syllogism
""\h, ~ (red(h) ^ blue(h)), ~(~red(h))^(~blue(h))?" Patxi ventures?" (before "Carissa is being a bad student")
3,322
Chapter 24
Divergence
"'go and speak aloud any really bad wrong answers you come up with here.'"
2,737
Interlude
Building Blocks
"'Second one,' the girl says."
1,649
Chapter 25
Shadows of Necessary Truths
"at least not more cheaply than he could grab someone from there"
2,188
Chapter 26
Absolute and Timeless Stuff
"'I expect I will have something to say on Coordination too, at some point or another.'"
4,505
Chapter 27
Keepers
"Seriously? that one?"
Note: IMSIYUDT Week 5 ends instead on "he needs to not talk about that during lunch" (+end
Book Four: Curriculum
Chapter 28
Lunch
"'What does happen in Hell, exactly?'"
2,699
Chapter 29
Variance
"'I hope you meant me to take that as a challenge.'"
2,052
Chapter 30
Variants
"She turns and leaves the room again and this time actually tries studying her logic homework."
1,480
Chapter 31
Dignity, Dignity, and Dignity
"same book, same language, same library, same city, same planet, or same laws of physics"
4,730