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Epistemology
Truth, Semantics, & Meaning
Map and Territory
Calibration
Mind Projection Fallacy
Humility
Games (posts describing)
Reductionism
Aumann's Agreement Theorem
Modest Epistemology
Underconfidence
The Problem of the Criterion
171 posts
Philosophy
Religion
Futurism
Confirmation Bias
Priors
Cognitive Science
Absurdity Heuristic
Aversion
Hindsight Bias
Addiction
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Proof as mere strong evidence
adamShimi
6d
15
51
AI takeover tabletop RPG: "The Treacherous Turn"
Daniel Kokotajlo
20d
3
18
Science and Math
lsusr
23d
6
87
I only believe in the paranormal
Malmesbury
7mo
9
137
Use Normal Predictions
Jan Christian Refsgaard
11mo
69
12
Do we have the right kind of math for roles, goals and meaning?
mrcbarbier
1mo
1
132
Irrational Modesty
Tomás B.
1y
7
64
How I Formed My Own Views About AI Safety
Neel Nanda
9mo
6
12
Contingency is not arbitrary
Gordon Seidoh Worley
2mo
0
10
Crossword puzzle: LessWrong Halloween 2022
jchan
2mo
11
148
My research methodology
paulfchristiano
1y
36
58
ELK Thought Dump
abramdemski
9mo
18
9
When should you defer to expertise? A useful heuristic (Crosspost from EA forum)
Noosphere89
2mo
3
65
The secret of Wikipedia's success
Aaron Bergman
1y
10
11
Questions about AI that bother me
Eleni Angelou
9d
2
16
Syncretism
Annapurna
1mo
4
88
There is essentially one best-validated theory of cognition.
abramdemski
1y
34
116
What will 2040 probably look like assuming no singularity?
Daniel Kokotajlo
1y
87
123
Trapped Priors As A Basic Problem Of Rationality
Scott Alexander
1y
29
27
The Burden of Worldbuilding
lsusr
6mo
12
22
Solstice Movie Review: Summer Wars
JohnBuridan
6mo
6
117
Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood
Suspended Reason
2y
21
27
A paradox of existence
Chris van Merwijk
8mo
27
69
[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Vaniver
1y
186
62
Deflationism isn't the solution to philosophy's woes
Rob Bensinger
1y
45
24
Seeking models of LW’s aversion to religion
Visible_Ignorance
10mo
52
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What I'd change about different philosophy fields
Rob Bensinger
1y
52
79
Learning the prior
paulfchristiano
2y
29