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Pitfalls of Rationality
Information Hazards
Conflict vs Mistake
Valley of Bad Rationality
Explicit Reasoning
Repository
Epistemic Hygiene
17 posts
Rationalization
164
Conflict vs. mistake in non-zero-sum games
Nisan
2y
40
157
The Treacherous Path to Rationality
Jacob Falkovich
2y
116
154
Staying Split: Sabatini and Social Justice
Duncan_Sabien
6mo
28
136
Making your explicit reasoning trustworthy
AnnaSalamon
12y
95
133
Terrorism, Tylenol, and dangerous information
Davis_Kingsley
4y
46
129
Memetic Hazards in Videogames
jimrandomh
12y
164
122
Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrumental Rationality
patrissimo
12y
261
107
"No evidence" as a Valley of Bad Rationality
Adam Zerner
2y
21
104
Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
83
90
Bioinfohazards
Spiracular
3y
16
86
Adding Up To Normality
orthonormal
2y
22
85
"Epiphany addiction"
cousin_it
10y
94
84
On the Openness personality trait & 'rationality'
gwern
11y
95
78
Don't use 'infohazard' for collectively destructive info
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5mo
28
127
The Bottom Line
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
15
92
Is That Your True Rejection?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
100
81
A Rational Argument
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
41
77
Fake Justification
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
58
71
One Argument Against An Army
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
36
55
"But It Doesn't Matter"
Zack_M_Davis
3y
16
53
If You Want to Win, Stop Conceding
Davis_Kingsley
4y
15
39
Third Alternatives for Afterlife-ism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
20
38
Rationalization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
29
34
Why a New Rationalization Sequence?
dspeyer
2y
8
26
Red Flags for Rationalization
dspeyer
2y
6
25
Testing for Rationalization
dspeyer
2y
0
20
Toxic Truth
MichaelHoward
13y
31
12
Using Expert Disagreement
dspeyer
2y
1