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Decision theory
Competitive debating
Fanaticism
Infinite ethics
Decision-theoretic uncertainty
Interpersonal comparisons of wellbeing
Normative uncertainty
Michael Huemer
25 posts
Expected value
Altruistic wager
Pascal's mugging
28
What reason is there NOT to accept Pascal's Wager?
Khai
4mo
80
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EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
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Fanatical EAs should support very weird projects
Derek Shiller
5mo
42
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Improving EA with More, Better Debates | Recorded Discussion between Elliot and Emrik
Elliot Temple
28d
2
28
Uncorrelated Bets: an easy to understand and very important decision theory consideration, which helps tease out nonobvious but productive criticism of the EA movement
Uncorrelated Returns
4mo
8
5
Fair Collective Efficient Altruism
Jobst Heitzig (vodle.it)
22d
1
55
St. Petersburg Demon – a thought experiment that makes me doubt Longtermism
wuschel
7mo
41
9
Self-Similarity Experiment
Dawn Drescher
2y
0
21
On expected utility, part 1: Skyscrapers and madmen
Joe_Carlsmith
9mo
1
8
Problems and Solutions in Infinite Ethics
Ben_West
7y
74
5
On expected utility, part 3: VNM, separability, and more
Joe_Carlsmith
9mo
0
17
Respecting your Local Preferences
Scott Garrabrant
24d
0
5
Christian Tarsney on future bias and a possible solution to moral fanaticism
80000_Hours
1y
0
8
In defence of fanaticism
Global Priorities Institute
1y
0
62
Do Brains Contain Many Conscious Subsystems? If So, Should We Act Differently?
Bob Fischer
15d
7
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Should strong longtermists really want to minimize existential risk?
tobycrisford
16d
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Does this solve Pascal's Muggings?
Sanjay
3mo
26
16
A model about the effect of total existential risk on career choice
Jonas Moss
3mo
4
48
The Maximum Impact Fund is now the Top Charities Fund
GiveWell
3mo
3
18
High-risk high-reward philanthropy: applying venture capital concepts to doing good
James Ozden
5mo
2
4
Expected Value
EA Handbook
5mo
1
8
A Paradox for Tiny Probabilities and Enormous Values
Global Priorities Institute
1y
1
22
Metaethical Fanaticism (Dialogue)
Lukas_Gloor
2y
10
9
My notes on: Why we can’t take expected value estimates literally (even when they’re unbiased)
Vasco Grilo
8mo
0
30
Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities: Defusing the Initial Worry and Steelmanning the Problem
kokotajlod
4y
10
16
A General Treatment of the Moral Value of Information
Hazelfire
1y
0
28
Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities: A Problem for Long-Termism?
kokotajlod
4y
17
14
Protecting EV calculations against motivated reasoning
freedomandutility
8d
0