The Bayesian Conspiracy
The Bayesian Conspiracy
The Bayesian Conspiracy
154 – Two General Thinkers Discuss General Thinking
2 hour 10 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2022 at 8:02 am.
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Jace and Steven cover this one since Eneasz is busy drinking cocktails out of a coconut in a beach in Hawaii.
Robin Hanson (probably correctly) thinks the world is going to shit (paraphrasing). He thinks that a robust check on the escalating madness out there could be a community of intellectual generalists. Is he right? Are his categories sensible? Find out as we meander through this post!
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LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Purpose and Pragmatism
The Affect Heuristic
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping)
Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism