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Defensibility

TagLast edit: Oct 3, 2020, 5:10 PM by Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)

Beware when you find yourself arguing that a policy is defensible rather than optimal; or that it has some benefit compared to the null action, rather than the best benefit of any action.

—The Third Alternative

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(Reli­gion/​Athe­ist) - Rep­pert on the Defea­si­bil­ity Test (No (con­clu­sive) ev­i­dence pos­si­ble for a be­ing both all-pow­er­ful and hon­est)

Bound_upDec 17, 2016, 9:51 PM
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(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Night­mare of the Perfectly Principled

BenquoNov 2, 2017, 9:10 AM
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(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

The Third Alternative

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 6, 2007, 11:47 PM
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[SEQ RERUN] The Third Alternative

badgerJun 8, 2011, 2:19 PM
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Dou­ble-nega­tion as framing

Stuart JohnsonApr 16, 2023, 6:59 AM
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Ra­tional Defense of Ir­ra­tional Beliefs

cleonidMar 12, 2009, 6:48 PM
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