Blogs about: Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Recognizing the Obvious
Well, it’s not an issue of Firefox interacting poorly with a CATCHPA, as has happened to me before. LessWrong refuses to register either of the handles Eliezer knows me by. Any handles he’… more →
Occluded Sun
"Cognitive Biases and Giant Risks" Eliezer Yudkowsky at Singularity Summit 2009
Wildcat wrote 4 weeks ago: more about "Eliezer Yudkowsky at Singularity Summ…", posted with vodpod … more →
The war on death
davidkilloren wrote 3 months ago: The NYT reports on the latest incremental advances in the science of lengthening the human lifespan. … more →
Some good reads
jason wrote 5 months ago: Here are a few things that I enjoyed reading, but haven’t found the time to write about. Athei … more →
What it's like to be a computer
Adam Mann wrote 5 months ago: There is an interesting paper by Thomas Nagel about philosophy of mind that asks “What is it l … more →
Twelve virtues of irrationality
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Adam Mann wrote 6 months ago: It is clear to me that Eliezer S. Yudkowsky is a very smart man. A self taught AI expert and researc … more →
Some interesting food for thought for you
bradellison wrote 8 months ago: A little science fiction novella about first contact with a couple of alien races whose values diffe … more →
Recognizing the Obvious
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melendwyr wrote 9 months ago: Well, it’s not an issue of Firefox interacting poorly with a CATCHPA, as has happened to me be … more →
A Deep And Dark December
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melendwyr wrote 9 months ago: I don’t feel like coming up with an original post today, so I’ll just piggyback on these … more →
Running Away
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melendwyr wrote 9 months ago: Does the concept of Friendly AI somehow drain one’s enthusiasm? Does it cause motivation to dw … more →
Archival of Dissent
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melendwyr wrote 10 months ago: A poster named Faré, with whom I was previously unfamiliar, has made a series of interesting posts o … more →
Transparency
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melendwyr wrote 10 months ago: There is a comment, held in suspension, for the post “The Other Shoe”. I reference the p … more →
The Other Shoe
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melendwyr wrote 10 months ago: From this comment thread at OB: [bored now. comment deleted.] Comments under that name are no longer … more →
Walking in someone else's shoes and the Mind Projection Fallacy
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jason wrote 10 months ago: I have been a victim of the Mind Projection Fallacy. Essentially, the fallacy occurs when you attri … more →
Narnia
jason wrote 10 months ago: Recently I read C. S. Lewis’ Narnia series to my son. I must say, I agree with this take on i … more →
Teaching ID in schools?
jason wrote 10 months ago: Here is a great essay discussing the supernatural and its scientific implications. Or you imagine th … more →
Evidence
jason wrote 10 months ago: Soon I will address specific arguments made by creationists. But for now, I think it’s useful … more →
Morals and religion
jason wrote 10 months ago: link In 1966, the Israeli psychologist Georges Tamarin presented, to 1,066 schoolchildren ages 8-14, … more →
Downplaying Jesus' sacrifice
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jason wrote 10 months ago: For this post I will assume that Jesus did exist, and the basic story of his life, as told in the Bi … more →
Religion and testable hypotheses
jason wrote 10 months ago: Is religion non-disprovable? Eliezer Yudkowsky says no. I encourage you all to read this essay in … more →
