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Questions about AI that bother me
Eleni Angelou
9d
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There is essentially one best-validated theory of cognition.
abramdemski
1y
34
123
Trapped Priors As A Basic Problem Of Rationality
Scott Alexander
1y
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27
The Burden of Worldbuilding
lsusr
6mo
12
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
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[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Vaniver
1y
186
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Deflationism isn't the solution to philosophy's woes
Rob Bensinger
1y
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What I'd change about different philosophy fields
Rob Bensinger
1y
52
79
Learning the prior
paulfchristiano
2y
29
30
Book Review: Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein
Chris_Leong
1y
12
78
Reasonable Explanations
Alicorn
3y
7
60
A simple sketch of how realism became unpopular
Rob Bensinger
3y
53
34
Learning the prior and generalization
evhub
2y
16
16
Syncretism
Annapurna
1mo
4
116
What will 2040 probably look like assuming no singularity?
Daniel Kokotajlo
1y
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Solstice Movie Review: Summer Wars
JohnBuridan
6mo
6
24
Seeking models of LW’s aversion to religion
Visible_Ignorance
10mo
52
37
For me the Christianity deal-breaker was meekness
tcelferact
1y
11
34
Truth + Reason = The True Religion?
David Gross
1y
2
22
The Accord
Timothy Underwood
1y
1
58
Why do Contemplative Practitioners Make so Many Metaphysical Claims?
romeostevensit
3y
15
20
What is up with spirituality?
KatjaGrace
1y
14
23
Should some variant of longtermism identify as a religion?
mako yass
2y
8
34
On Becoming Clueless
Martin Sustrik
3y
2
173
Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale
Scott Alexander
13y
232
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If you can see the box, you can open the box
ThePrussian
7y
108
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Isaac Asimov's predictions for 2019 from 1984
Jan_Kulveit
3y
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