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An Op­ti­mistic Solu­tion to the Fermi Paradox

Glenn Clayton10 Mar 2024 14:39 UTC
4 points
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Reflec­tive con­sis­tency, ran­dom­ized de­ci­sions, and the dan­gers of un­re­al­is­tic thought experiments

Radford Neal7 Dec 2023 3:33 UTC
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An­throp­i­cal Para­doxes are Para­doxes of Prob­a­bil­ity Theory

Ape in the coat6 Dec 2023 8:16 UTC
49 points
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Eve­lyn Evelyn

Informavore7 Nov 2023 16:55 UTC
1 point
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The Dick Kick’em Paradox

Augs SMSHacks23 Sep 2023 22:22 UTC
−5 points
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Snake Eyes Paradox

Martin Randall11 Jun 2023 4:10 UTC
21 points
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The Knock­down Ar­gu­ment Paradox

Bryan Frances28 Jan 2023 19:23 UTC
−12 points
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Against the para­dox of tolerance

pchvykov10 Jan 2023 0:12 UTC
0 points
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[Question] Con­fused Thoughts on AI After­life (se­ri­ously)

Epirito7 Jun 2022 14:37 UTC
−4 points
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Prob­lem of In­duc­tion: What if In­stants Were Independent

Epirito3 Apr 2022 0:54 UTC
1 point
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A Bayesian Ag­gre­ga­tion Paradox

Jsevillamol22 Nov 2021 10:39 UTC
79 points
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The Meta-Puzzle

DanielFilan22 Nov 2021 5:30 UTC
23 points
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(danielfilan.com)

Mo­ravec’s Para­dox Comes From The Availa­bil­ity Heuristic

james.lucassen20 Oct 2021 6:23 UTC
33 points
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(jlucassen.com)

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew Barnett27 Jul 2021 17:46 UTC
50 points
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The Un­ex­pected Hang­ing Paradox

Chris_Leong27 Jun 2021 6:17 UTC
17 points
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“Who I am” is an ax­iom.

dadadarren25 Apr 2021 21:59 UTC
7 points
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The Achilles Heel Hy­poth­e­sis for AI

scasper13 Oct 2020 14:35 UTC
20 points
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[Question] So­cial Cap­i­tal Paradoxes

abramdemski10 Sep 2020 18:44 UTC
69 points
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Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Para­doxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

scasper6 Aug 2020 19:47 UTC
21 points
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Null-box­ing New­comb’s Problem

Yitz13 Jul 2020 16:32 UTC
33 points
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God and Moses have a chat

Yitz17 Jun 2020 18:34 UTC
20 points
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Pre­ma­ture death paradox

bfinn13 Apr 2020 23:15 UTC
8 points
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Zeno walks into a bar

lsusr4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC
40 points
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Co­or­di­na­tion Prob­lems in Evolu­tion: Ei­gen’s Paradox

Martin Sustrik12 Oct 2018 12:40 UTC
102 points
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(250bpm.com)

The Fermi Para­dox: What did Sand­berg, Drexler and Ord Really Dis­solve?

shminux8 Jul 2018 21:18 UTC
47 points
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Why it took so long to do the Fermi calcu­la­tion right?

Jan_Kulveit2 Jul 2018 20:29 UTC
76 points
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Dis­solv­ing the Fermi Para­dox, and what re­flec­tion it provides

Jan_Kulveit30 Jun 2018 16:35 UTC
28 points
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(arxiv.org)

Para­doxes in all an­thropic probabilities

Stuart_Armstrong19 Jun 2018 15:31 UTC
21 points
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Sleep­ing Beauty Re­solved (?) Pt. 2: Iden­tity and Betting

ksvanhorn2 Jun 2018 2:43 UTC
9 points
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Sleep­ing Beauty Re­solved?

ksvanhorn22 May 2018 14:13 UTC
16 points
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Raven Para­dox Revisited

Chris_Leong15 Apr 2018 0:08 UTC
5 points
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Un­con­scious Com­pe­tence and Counter-Incentives

lifelonglearner10 Mar 2018 6:38 UTC
13 points
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More on the Lin­ear Utility Hy­poth­e­sis and the Lev­er­age Prior

AlexMennen26 Feb 2018 23:53 UTC
16 points
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Against the Lin­ear Utility Hy­poth­e­sis and the Lev­er­age Penalty

AlexMennen14 Dec 2017 18:38 UTC
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What’s wrong with this pic­ture?

CronoDAS28 Jan 2016 13:30 UTC
29 points
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“Solv­ing” self­ish­ness for UDT

Stuart_Armstrong27 Oct 2014 17:51 UTC
38 points
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On the im­por­tance of tak­ing limits: In­finite Spheres of Utility

aspera12 Oct 2013 21:18 UTC
35 points
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In­ter­ac­tive In­fo­graphic on Simp­son’s Paradox

Antisuji20 Sep 2013 17:37 UTC
39 points
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Pas­cal’s Mug­gle: In­finites­i­mal Pri­ors and Strong Evidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2013 0:43 UTC
72 points
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Solv­ing the two en­velopes problem

rstarkov9 Aug 2012 13:42 UTC
45 points
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The Mere Cable Chan­nel Ad­di­tion Paradox

Ghatanathoah26 Jul 2012 7:20 UTC
99 points
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A Pois­son pro­cess paradox

nerfhammer6 Apr 2012 5:20 UTC
29 points
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Re­solv­ing the un­ex­pected hang­ing paradox

AlexMennen25 Jan 2011 19:32 UTC
13 points
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Simp­son’s Paradox

bentarm12 Jan 2011 23:01 UTC
100 points
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If a tree falls on Sleep­ing Beauty...

ata12 Nov 2010 1:14 UTC
136 points
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The Lifes­pan Dilemma

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 Sep 2009 18:45 UTC
61 points
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Allais Hack—Trans­form Your De­ci­sions!

MBlume3 May 2009 22:37 UTC
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Moore’s Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Mar 2009 2:27 UTC
76 points
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The Con­scious Sorites Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Apr 2008 2:58 UTC
17 points
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The Allais Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Jan 2008 3:05 UTC
57 points
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Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: Tiny Prob­a­bil­ities of Vast Utilities

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Oct 2007 23:37 UTC
105 points
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Se­man­tic Stopsigns

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Aug 2007 19:29 UTC
138 points
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