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Dark Matters
Diffractor
1y
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The Blue-Minimizing Robot
Scott Alexander
11y
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164
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
71
164
Make more land
jefftk
3y
32
151
Thou Art Physics
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
88
149
Two More Things to Unlearn from School
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
157
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Einstein's Arrogance
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
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The mathematical universe: the map that is the territory
ata
12y
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How counting neutrons explains nuclear waste
jasoncrawford
1y
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Can we really prevent all warming for less than 10B$ with the mostly side-effect free geoengineering technique of Marine Cloud Brightening?
mako yass
3y
55
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Explaining vs. Explaining Away
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
101
85
If Many-Worlds Had Come First
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
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Einstein's Speed
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
82
Joint Configurations
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
40
259
Introduction to abstract entropy
Alex_Altair
2mo
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162
You Can Face Reality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
36
158
Message Length
Zack_M_Davis
2y
25
157
Generalized Heat Engine
johnswentworth
2y
12
101
Occam's Razor
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
56
85
The Telephone Theorem: Information At A Distance Is Mediated By Deterministic Constraints
johnswentworth
1y
21
83
Entropy, and Short Codes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
27
77
Calibration proverbs
Malmesbury
11mo
19
77
Where can one learn deep intuitions about information theory?
Valentine
1y
25
65
Litany of a Bright Dilettante
shminux
9y
72
65
Savanna Poets
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
40
64
Belief in the Implied Invisible
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
59
Msg Len
Zack_M_Davis
2y
4
55
Conditional Independence, and Naive Bayes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
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