this year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrong
this year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrong
www.lesswrong.com Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrong — LessWrong
Introduction > “After many years, I came to the conclusion that everything he says is false. . . . “He will lie just for the fun of it. Every one of…
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@dgerard reading the bit on decision theory and I'm reminded of that one anecdote about the decision theorist who asked their friend if they should propose to their wife.
@dgerard I'm sure in some domains decision theory works fine but lordy for actual practical life advice just read some virtue ethicist, the solution to being dutch book'd isn't becoming a perfect bayesian its to not take stupid bets
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