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Underconfidence

TagLast edit: 17 Mar 2012 3:56 UTC by Grognor

Underconfidence is the state of being more uncertain than is justified, given your priors and the evidence you are aware of.

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silentbob17 Oct 2023 11:36 UTC
16 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Think­ing with­out pri­ors?

Q Home2 Aug 2022 9:17 UTC
7 points
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The un­der­ap­pre­ci­ated value of origi­nal think­ing be­low the frontier

Emrik2 Oct 2021 16:03 UTC
36 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Ir­ra­tional Modesty

Tomás B.20 Jun 2021 19:38 UTC
142 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Say Wrong Things

Gordon Seidoh Worley24 May 2019 22:11 UTC
114 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

A Sketch of Good Communication

Ben Pace31 Mar 2018 22:48 UTC
185 points
35 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Against Shoot­ing Your­self in the Foot

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Nov 2017 20:13 UTC
47 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Sta­tus Reg­u­la­tion and Anx­ious Underconfidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Nov 2017 19:35 UTC
81 points
17 comments21 min readLW link

Against Modest Epistemology

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Nov 2017 20:40 UTC
68 points
48 comments15 min readLW link

A note about cal­ibra­tion of confidence

jbay4 Jan 2016 6:57 UTC
18 points
35 comments8 min readLW link

Si­mul­ta­neous Over­con­fi­dence and Underconfidence

abramdemski3 Jun 2015 21:04 UTC
37 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

The Limits of In­tel­li­gence and Me: Do­main Expertise

ChrisHallquist7 Dec 2013 8:23 UTC
45 points
79 comments5 min readLW link

How con­fi­dent should we be?

[deleted]1 Jan 2012 15:57 UTC
10 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Self-Doubt

multifoliaterose19 Aug 2010 22:47 UTC
28 points
746 comments10 min readLW link

The Sin of Underconfidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Apr 2009 6:30 UTC
99 points
187 comments6 min readLW link