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Occam's Razor
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Epistemic Luck
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The Blue-Minimizing Robot
Scott Alexander
11y
162
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Dark Matters
Diffractor
1y
24
149
Make more land
jefftk
3y
32
141
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
71
138
Two More Things to Unlearn from School
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
157
122
Einstein's Arrogance
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
91
118
Thou Art Physics
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
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The mathematical universe: the map that is the territory
ata
12y
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How counting neutrons explains nuclear waste
jasoncrawford
1y
11
92
Explaining vs. Explaining Away
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
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Can we really prevent all warming for less than 10B$ with the mostly side-effect free geoengineering technique of Marine Cloud Brightening?
mako yass
3y
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I'm still mystified by the Born rule
So8res
1y
43
77
If Many-Worlds Had Come First
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
189
65
So you think you understand Quantum Mechanics
shminux
10y
64
194
Introduction to abstract entropy
Alex_Altair
2mo
70
155
Generalized Heat Engine
johnswentworth
2y
12
131
Message Length
Zack_M_Davis
2y
25
120
You Can Face Reality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
36
96
Occam's Razor
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
56
89
Litany of a Bright Dilettante
shminux
9y
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86
The Telephone Theorem: Information At A Distance Is Mediated By Deterministic Constraints
johnswentworth
1y
21
75
Calibration proverbs
Malmesbury
11mo
19
67
Entropy, and Short Codes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
27
66
Where can one learn deep intuitions about information theory?
Valentine
1y
25
63
Information theory and the symmetry of updating beliefs
Academian
12y
29
63
Savanna Poets
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
40
60
Msg Len
Zack_M_Davis
2y
4
54
Belief in the Implied Invisible
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35