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Self-Deception
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Defensibility
Just World Hypothesis
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Learned Blankness
AnnaSalamon
11y
188
226
Roles are Martial Arts for Agency
Eneasz
8y
59
205
The curse of identity
Kaj_Sotala
11y
306
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Use Your Identity Carefully
Ben_LandauTaylor
9y
33
115
How To Raise Others’ Aspirations in 17 Easy Steps
chanamessinger
11mo
13
103
Strategic choice of identity
Vika
8y
58
96
"Win First" vs "Chill First"
lionhearted
2y
19
83
The Actionable Version of "Keep Your Identity Small"
Hazard
3y
14
83
Joy in Discovery
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
48
80
I learn better when I frame learning as Vengeance for losses incurred through ignorance, and you might too
chaosmage
2mo
7
80
Player vs. Character: A Two-Level Model of Ethics
sarahconstantin
4y
27
78
Whining-Based Communities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
99
69
Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up?
Scott Alexander
13y
132
67
Ego syntonic thoughts and values
Scott Alexander
11y
55
177
Belief in Belief
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
176
148
Your Rationality is My Business
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
28
144
Integrity and accountability are core parts of rationality
habryka
3y
66
128
No, Really, I've Deceived Myself
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
89
112
Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
169
108
The Loudest Alarm Is Probably False
orthonormal
4y
29
103
The Bias You Didn't Expect
Psychohistorian
11y
92
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Simultaneously Right and Wrong
Scott Alexander
13y
63
92
The Proper Use of Doubt
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
33
92
Craving, suffering, and predictive processing (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
2y
48
87
Motivated Stopping and Motivated Continuation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
8
76
Missing the Trees for the Forest
Scott Alexander
13y
159
75
Lifeism in the midst of death
TobyBartels
10y
19
63
Self-deception: Hypocrisy or Akrasia?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
21