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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
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Conservation of Expected Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
80
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Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
3y
52
180
Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence
abramdemski
3y
22
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Public-facing Censorship Is Safety Theater, Causing Reputational Damage
Yitz
2mo
42
134
Defense Against The Dark Arts: Case Study #1
Scott Alexander
13y
54
125
Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
114
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Law of No Evidence
Zvi
1y
20
98
Dark Arts 101: Using presuppositions
PhilGoetz
11y
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What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
43
89
Dark Side Epistemology
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
152
88
A few misconceptions surrounding Roko's basilisk
Rob Bensinger
7y
135
85
Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) Hard
abramdemski
2y
29
62
Scarcity
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
20
282
Epistemic Legibility
Elizabeth
10mo
28
216
Editing Advice for LessWrong Users
JustisMills
8mo
13
162
Rational Me or We?
RobinHanson
13y
157
159
Approving reinforces low-effort behaviors
Scott Alexander
11y
25
138
Negative and Positive Selection
alyssavance
10y
263
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Writing children's picture books
jessicata
3y
22
121
What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?
Elizabeth
3y
9
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How did academia ensure papers were correct in the early 20th Century?
Ben Pace
3y
17
90
Bayesians vs. Barbarians
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
285
87
Writing That Provokes Comments
Raemon
5y
40
84
Can we hold intellectuals to similar public standards as athletes?
ozziegooen
2y
48
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Observations about writing and commenting on the internet
dynomight
10mo
10
77
Rhetoric for the Good
lukeprog
11y
292
76
How to Write Like Kaj Sotala
Matt Goldenberg
1y
4