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The history of the term 'effective altruism' - Effective Altruism Forum
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Log in / Sign up. The history of the term 'effective altruism'. Posted by Post author:. On 11 March 2014 02:03AM. A few people have expressed interest recently in the origins of the effective altruism community. I realized that not that many people know where the term 'effective altruism' came from, nor that there was a painfully long amount of time spent deciding on it. And it was fun digging through the old emails. So here's an overview of what happened! First, the Giving What We Can. I summarized this...
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Joy in the Merely Real - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. Joy in the Merely Real. 20 March 2008 06:18AM. XA0; Explaining vs. Explaining Away. XA0; .Do not all charms fly. At the mere touch of cold philosophy? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:. We know her woof, her texture; she is given. XA0; For the sin...
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Raising the Sanity Waterline - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. Raising the Sanity Waterline. 12 March 2009 04:28AM. The Black Belt Bayesian: Behind every exciting, dramatic failure, there is a more important story about a larger and less dramatic failure that made the first failure possible. You will invalidate the experiment.
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Beware of Other-Optimizing - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. 10 April 2009 01:58AM. XA0; Mandatory Secret Identities. I've noticed a serious problem in which aspiring rationalists vastly overestimate their ability to optimize other people's lives. And I think I have some idea of how the problem arises. Way, the way that actually.
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A call for ideas - EA Ventures - Effective Altruism Forum
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Log in / Sign up. A call for ideas - EA Ventures. Posted by Post author:. On 01 March 2015 02:50PM. Is compiling a list of ideas that they. Should consider funding. Add your own to this Google doc. I found this useful. I didn't find this useful. Sort By: Best. 02 March 2015 11:38:51AM. 32; (3 children). 02 March 2015 11:38:51AM. I found this useful. I didn't find this useful. 14 March 2015 12:21:41PM. 32; (0 children). 14 March 2015 12:21:41PM. To take the one that has come up most, I think at least 4...
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Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences) - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences). 28 July 2007 10:59PM. Thus begins the ancient parable:. If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? It's tempting to try to eliminate this mistake class by insisting that the only legitimate ki...
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Battle at Phrynea | Worldline Collapse
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When possibilities become fate. The Bridge or the Drop. August 19, 2016. Sir, the kyrrztli chancellor is on the telescreen. Naresh, the chief of staff, stood by with a wearied look. She. What a prick, President Hargunn grumbled. Can’t you hold her off a bit longer? Things are just starting to heat up down there. Naresh shook her head. We’ve been trying, sir, but she’s adamant. Says it’s urgent. And yes she interrupted the President’s objection we. Forces backing us up there in Phrynea. Good morrning, yee...
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komponisto comments on Being Half-Rational About Pascal's Wager is Even Worse - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. Komponisto comments on Being Half-Rational About Pascal's Wager is Even Worse - Less Wrong. 18 April 2013 05:20AM. You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post. To see all comments and the full post content. 32; heroic epistemology. Sort By: Best. Instead of...
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gwern comments on Being Half-Rational About Pascal's Wager is Even Worse - Less Wrong
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Future of Humanity Institute. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Center for Applied Rationality. Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Please visit our About. Page for more information. Gwern comments on Being Half-Rational About Pascal's Wager is Even Worse - Less Wrong. 18 April 2013 05:20AM. You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post. To see all comments and the full post content. 32; heroic epistemology. Sort By: Best. There's somethi...
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