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Epistemology
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Humility
Modest Epistemology
Aumann's Agreement Theorem
Underconfidence
The Problem of the Criterion
Research Taste
Scoring Rules
Aggregation
57 posts
Truth, Semantics, & Meaning
Map and Territory
Mind Projection Fallacy
Reductionism
24
Proof as mere strong evidence
adamShimi
6d
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AI takeover tabletop RPG: "The Treacherous Turn"
Daniel Kokotajlo
20d
3
19
Science and Math
lsusr
23d
6
101
I only believe in the paranormal
Malmesbury
7mo
9
156
Use Normal Predictions
Jan Christian Refsgaard
11mo
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How I Formed My Own Views About AI Safety
Neel Nanda
9mo
6
12
When should you defer to expertise? A useful heuristic (Crosspost from EA forum)
Noosphere89
2mo
3
122
Irrational Modesty
Tomás B.
1y
7
145
My research methodology
paulfchristiano
1y
36
9
Crossword puzzle: LessWrong Halloween 2022
jchan
2mo
11
126
Bayesian examination
Lê Nguyên Hoang
3y
56
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The secret of Wikipedia's success
Aaron Bergman
1y
10
37
The underappreciated value of original thinking below the frontier
Emrik
1y
2
21
An analogy as the midwife of thermodynamics
adamShimi
10mo
10
15
Do we have the right kind of math for roles, goals and meaning?
mrcbarbier
1mo
1
12
Contingency is not arbitrary
Gordon Seidoh Worley
2mo
0
49
ELK Thought Dump
abramdemski
9mo
18
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A basic lexicon of telic concepts
mrcbarbier
1mo
0
21
The Map-Territory Distinction Creates Confusion
Gordon Seidoh Worley
11mo
50
18
Explanations as Hard to Vary Assertions
Alexander
1y
24
13
Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for causal inference
tailcalled
11mo
1
241
Mundane Magic
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
97
165
The Useful Idea of Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10y
543
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Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
157
13
Knowledge is not just digital abstraction layers
Alex Flint
1y
4
196
Why Truth?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
56
168
The Simple Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
7
9
Applied Mathematical Logic For The Practicing Researcher
Jan
1y
9