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Epistemic Luck

TagLast edit: 24 Sep 2020 1:19 UTC by Ruby

You would have different beliefs if certain events in your life were different and since you don’t choose many of the events in your life, this implies that your beliefs are in large part due to Epistemic Luck. How should you react to this fact?

It has been noted that one’s feelings about Decision Theory correlate a great deal with whether one lives in Berkeley (MIRI-centric) or Oxford (FHI-centric).

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How To Believe False Things

Eneasz2 Apr 2025 16:28 UTC
90 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemic Luck

Alicorn8 Feb 2010 0:02 UTC
109 points
133 comments3 min readLW link

The Li­tany Against Gurus

Eliezer Yudkowsky18 Dec 2007 20:11 UTC
45 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Hell

rogersbacon27 Jan 2024 17:13 UTC
82 points
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