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The Laws Governing Belief

Jul 01, 2022 by Ruby

Part 3 of 6 from the Sequence Highlights.

While beliefs are subjective, that doesn't mean that one gets to choose their beliefs willy-nilly. There are laws that theoretically determine the correct belief given the evidence, and it's towards such beliefs that we should aspire.

381Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
261
148What is Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
59
110Scientific Evidence, Legal Evidence, Rational Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
18
118How Much Evidence Does It Take?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
33
140Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
115
221Conservation of Expected Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
80
100Argument Screens Off Authority
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
85
55An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes's Theorem
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20y
10
155The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
72
146Toolbox-thinking and Law-thinking
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5y
48
172Local Validity as a Key to Sanity and Civilization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5y
65