Eric Neyman

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I work at the Alignment Research Center (ARC). I write a blog on stuff I’m interested in (such as math, philosophy, puzzles, statistics, and elections): https://ericneyman.wordpress.com/

Predictions for 2021

Eric NeymanDec 31, 2020, 9:12 PM

12 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

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Great minds might not think alike

Eric NeymanDec 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

310 points

45 comments11 min readLW link

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Pseudorandomness contest, Round 2

Eric NeymanDec 20, 2020, 8:35 AM

24 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

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Pseudorandomness contest, Round 1

Eric NeymanDec 13, 2020, 3:42 AM

33 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

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An elegant proof of Laplace’s rule of succession

Eric NeymanDec 7, 2020, 10:43 PM

39 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

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Eric Neyman

Pre­dic­tions for 2021

Great minds might not think alike

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test, Round 2

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test, Round 1

An el­e­gant proof of Laplace’s rule of succession

Predictions for 2021

Pseudorandomness contest, Round 2

Pseudorandomness contest, Round 1

An elegant proof of Laplace’s rule of succession