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Schelling fences on slippery slopes
Scott Alexander
10y
247
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Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease
Scott Alexander
12y
355
341
Reason as memetic immune disorder
PhilGoetz
13y
181
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Generalizing From One Example
Scott Alexander
13y
416
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The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world?
Scott Alexander
10y
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Reality-Revealing and Reality-Masking Puzzles
AnnaSalamon
2y
61
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Privileging the Question
Qiaochu_Yuan
9y
312
245
Lies, Damn Lies, and Fabricated Options
Duncan_Sabien
1y
123
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The Apologist and the Revolutionary
Scott Alexander
13y
100
226
Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves
LoganStrohl
8y
115
218
Leaky Delegation: You are not a Commodity
Darmani
1y
34
212
Humans are not automatically strategic
AnnaSalamon
12y
275
207
The correct response to uncertainty is *not* half-speed
AnnaSalamon
6y
44
207
Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
328
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The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
227
CFAR Participant Handbook now available to all
Duncan_Sabien
2y
41
218
Tell Culture
LoganStrohl
8y
228
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[moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment
Kaj_Sotala
8y
369
202
Great minds might not think alike
Eric Neyman
1y
44
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Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
8y
94
191
To listen well, get curious
benkuhn
2y
39
188
Your inner Google
PhilGoetz
11y
70
187
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
3y
38
180
I'm the new moderator
NancyLebovitz
7y
12
179
Simulacrum 3 As Stag-Hunt Strategy
johnswentworth
1y
36
167
Expecting Short Inferential Distances
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
106
165
You Get About Five Words
Raemon
3y
73
165
Applause Lights
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97