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Sniffnoy

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I’m Harry Altman. I do strange sorts of math.

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More on policy ar­gu­ments and the AB problem

SniffnoyJun 11, 2025, 4:42 AM
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Suggest­ing some re­vi­sions to Gra­ham’s hi­er­ar­chy of disagreement

SniffnoyApr 2, 2025, 10:25 PM
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Work­flow vs in­ter­face vs implementation

SniffnoyMar 27, 2025, 7:38 AM
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Quick thoughts on the difficulty of widely con­vey­ing a non-stereo­typed position

SniffnoyMar 27, 2025, 7:30 AM
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Do­ing prin­ci­ple-of-char­ity better

SniffnoyMar 27, 2025, 5:19 AM
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X as phe­nomenon vs as policy, Good­hart, and the AB problem

SniffnoyMar 27, 2025, 4:32 AM
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Con­se­quen­tial­ism is for mak­ing decisions

SniffnoyMar 27, 2025, 4:00 AM
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Un­der­ap­pre­ci­ated points about util­ity func­tions (of both sorts)

SniffnoyJan 4, 2020, 7:27 AM
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Goal-think­ing vs de­sire-thinking

SniffnoyNov 10, 2019, 12:31 AM
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Three types of “should”

SniffnoyJun 2, 2018, 12:54 AM
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Meetup : Ann Ar­bor Area Amalgam of Ra­tion­al­ist-Ad­ja­cent An­thro­poids: March 11

SniffnoyMar 10, 2017, 12:41 AM
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Link: Si­mu­lat­ing C. Elegans

SniffnoyNov 20, 2014, 9:30 AM
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Ter­minol­ogy sug­ges­tion: Say “de­grees util­ity” in­stead of “utils” to prompt af­fine thinking

SniffnoyMay 19, 2013, 8:03 AM
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Should cor­re­la­tion co­effi­cients be ex­pressed as an­gles?

SniffnoyNov 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
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Ex­am­ple of neu­rons use­fully com­mu­ni­cat­ing with­out synapses found in flies [LINK]

SniffnoyNov 23, 2012, 11:25 PM
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Where to re­port bugs on the new site?

SniffnoyAug 12, 2011, 8:32 AM
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[LINK] Re­v­erse prim­ing effect from aware­ness of per­sua­sion at­tempt?

SniffnoyAug 5, 2011, 6:02 PM
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A sum­mary of Sav­age’s foun­da­tions for prob­a­bil­ity and util­ity.

SniffnoyMay 22, 2011, 7:56 PM
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Link: Chess­box­ing could help train au­to­matic emo­tion regulation

SniffnoyJan 22, 2011, 11:40 PM
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Draft/​wiki: In­fini­ties and mea­sur­ing in­finite sets: A quick reference

SniffnoyDec 24, 2010, 4:52 AM
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