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Expecting Short Inferential Distances
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
106
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Great minds might not think alike
Eric Neyman
1y
44
151
Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
52
120
How Specificity Works
Liron
3y
48
104
Counterspells
Virgil Kurkjian
3y
24
99
The Power to Teach Concepts Better
Liron
3y
22
96
Double Illusion of Transparency
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
33
95
Decoupling vs Contextualising Norms
Chris_Leong
4y
51
75
Relevance Norms; Or, Gricean Implicature Queers the Decoupling/Contextualizing Binary
Zack_M_Davis
3y
30
75
LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance
daenerys
10y
1262
72
Expected Pain Parameters
Alicorn
4y
12
71
Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
35
71
Write a Thousand Roads to Rome
Screwtape
4y
16
63
What product are you building?
Raemon
3y
5
232
Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
316
174
New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexander By Revealing His True Name
Zvi
2y
2
157
You Get About Five Words
Raemon
3y
73
109
[moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment
Kaj_Sotala
8y
369
100
The Forces of Blandness and the Disagreeable Majority
sarahconstantin
3y
27
96
Disincentives for participating on LW/AF
Wei_Dai
3y
42
88
I'm the new moderator
NancyLebovitz
7y
12
73
Pitching an Alignment Softball
mu_(negative)
6mo
13
72
Partial summary of debate with Benquo and Jessicata [pt 1]
Raemon
3y
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A reply to Agnes Callard
Vaniver
2y
36
64
Offense versus harm minimization
Scott Alexander
11y
429
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When None Dare Urge Restraint, pt. 2
Jay_Schweikert
10y
92
59
In the presence of disinformation, collective epistemology requires local modeling
jessicata
5y
39
58
Demon Threads
Raemon
4y
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