Meetup : West LA Meetup—Eliezer and Nick Share a Cab...
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When: 7:00pm Wednesday, June 5th.
Where: The Westside Tavern in the upstairs Wine Bar (all ages welcome), located inside the Westside Pavillion on the second floor, right by the movie theaters. The entrance sign says “Lounge”.
Parking is free for 3 hours.
Discussion: Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Bostrom once shared a cab and found an extra $20. EY said that he thought it was his with probability 20%, while NB said that it was his with probability 15%. How should they split the extra $20 they found. I will present at least four different justifications for four different answers. Hopefully we will be able to reach a consensus on the best way to distribute the money. I will also explain why I think this question could be very important for making decisions under uncertainty.
No prior knowledge of or exposure to Less Wrong is necessary; this will be generally accessible and useful to everyone who values thinking for themselves. There will be open general conversation until 7:30, and that’s always a lot of good, fun, intelligent discussion!
There will be a whiteboard with Bayes’ Theorem written on it.
There are two dates and two locations. Which one is correct?