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Formalization as suspension of intuition
adamShimi
9d
18
7
Meaningful things are those the universe possesses a semantics for
Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir
8d
14
8
Slick hyperfinite Ramsey theory proof
Alok Singh
1d
2
40
Why square errors?
Aprillion (Peter Hozák)
24d
10
-10
Can we get around Godel's Incompleteness theorems and Turing undecidable problems via infinite computers?
Noosphere89
1mo
12
114
Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence
TheMcDouglas
2mo
16
5
Why are probabilities represented as real numbers instead of rational numbers?
Yaakov T
1mo
9
73
The Goldbach conjecture is probably correct; so was Fermat's last theorem
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
27
13
The highest-probability outcome can be out of distribution
tailcalled
1mo
5
22
The Case for Frequentism: Why Bayesian Probability is Fundamentally Unsound and What Science Does Instead
lsusr
8mo
29
137
The Tails Coming Apart As Metaphor For Life
Scott Alexander
4y
37
6
Why do som many things break in a 2 element set?
Alok Singh
2mo
3
0
Fixed point theory (locally (α,β,ψ) dominated contractive condition)
muzammil
3mo
3
11
The generalized Sierpinski-Mazurkiewicz theorem.
Donald Hobson
4mo
4
148
Finite Factored Sets in Pictures
Magdalena Wache
9d
29
43
Open technical problem: A Quinean proof of Löb's theorem, for an easier cartoon guide
Andrew_Critch
26d
34
137
Finite Factored Sets
Scott Garrabrant
1y
94
7
What is an agent in reductionist materialism?
Valentine
4mo
15
36
Counterfactability
Scott Garrabrant
1mo
4
43
(A -> B) -> A in Causal DAGs
johnswentworth
2y
11
61
Possibility and Could-ness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
116
23
Examples of practical implications of Judea Pearl's Causality work
ChristianKl
5mo
6
12
Causality Adds Up to Normality
johnswentworth
2y
2
28
A Request for Open Problems
MrHen
13y
109
19
A critical agential account of free will, causation, and physics
jessicata
2y
10
54
Ghosts in the Machine
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
30
32
Logical Representation of Causal Models
johnswentworth
2y
0
24
Theory of Causal Models with Dynamic Structure?
johnswentworth
2y
7