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Conservation of Expected Evidence
Dark Arts
Filtered Evidence
Censorship
Hansonian Pre-Rationality
Robotics
Principles
Trivial Inconvenience
Roko's Basilisk
Journalism
Autonomous Weapons
Shaping Your Environment
83 posts
Writing (communication method)
Group Rationality
Epistemic Review
Epistemic Spot Check
World Modeling Techniques
Good Explanations (Advice)
Selection Effects
Modeling People
Conceptual Media
Cognitive Reframes
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Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists
Zack_M_Davis
3y
40
183
Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
3y
52
183
Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence
abramdemski
3y
22
143
Conservation of Expected Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
80
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Defense Against The Dark Arts: Case Study #1
Scott Alexander
13y
54
120
Dark Arts 101: Using presuppositions
PhilGoetz
11y
87
120
Public-facing Censorship Is Safety Theater, Causing Reputational Damage
Yitz
2mo
42
108
A few misconceptions surrounding Roko's basilisk
Rob Bensinger
7y
135
103
Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) Hard
abramdemski
2y
29
96
Law of No Evidence
Zvi
1y
20
92
Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
114
78
What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
43
72
Beware Trivial Fears
Stabilizer
8y
41
71
Where to Intervene in a Human?
lukeprog
10y
72
240
Epistemic Legibility
Elizabeth
10mo
28
172
Approving reinforces low-effort behaviors
Scott Alexander
11y
25
167
Editing Advice for LessWrong Users
JustisMills
8mo
13
157
Rational Me or We?
RobinHanson
13y
157
154
Negative and Positive Selection
alyssavance
10y
263
134
What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?
Elizabeth
3y
9
132
Writing children's picture books
jessicata
3y
22
100
How did academia ensure papers were correct in the early 20th Century?
Ben Pace
3y
17
92
Bayesians vs. Barbarians
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
285
91
Can we hold intellectuals to similar public standards as athletes?
ozziegooen
2y
48
87
Writing That Provokes Comments
Raemon
5y
40
79
How to Write Like Kaj Sotala
Matt Goldenberg
1y
4
78
Tell the Truth
lsusr
1y
41
78
Rhetoric for the Good
lukeprog
11y
292