Monthly Archives: November 2017

You Have the Right to Think

Epistemic Status: Public service announcement. We will then return to regularly scheduled programming. Written partly as a response to (Robin Hanson): Why be Contrarian, responding to the book Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky Warning: Applause lights incoming. I’m aware. Sorry. Seemed necessary. We the … Continue reading

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The Darwin Results

Epistemic Status: True story (numbers are best recollections) This is post three in the sequence Zbybpu’f Nezl. Previously (required): The Darwin Game, The Darwin Pregame. I It was Friday night and time to play The Darwin Game. Excited players gathered around their … Continue reading

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The Darwin Pregame

Epistemic Status: True story This is intended as post two of the sequence Zbybpu’f Nezl. Previously (required): The Darwin Game Leads to: The Darwin Results I This is my reconstruction of my thoughts at the time. The Darwin Game requires surviving the early, … Continue reading

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The Darwin Game

Epistemic Status: True story This post intends to begin the sequence Zbybpu’f Nezl. In college I once took a class called Rational Choice. Because obviously. Each week we got the rules for, played and discussed a game. It was awesome. For … Continue reading

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Zeroing Out

Related to (Eliezer Yudkowsky at Less Wrong): An Equilibrium of No Free Energy Related to (Satvik Beri at Less Wrong): Competitive Truth Seeking Follow-up to: Leaders of Men Markets Suppose you have an insight about Google. The efficient market hypothesis says you … Continue reading

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