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Filtered Evidence, Filtered Arguments

Dec 07, 2018 by abramdemski

This is a collection of posts relating to central confusions I have, or have had, about:

  • Filtered evidence.
  • Conservation of expected evidence.
  • Outside view vs inside view.
  • Motivated cognition.
180Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence
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4y
22
16Explanation vs Rationalization
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5y
11
17Timeless Modesty?
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5y
2
39Co-Proofs
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5y
13
85Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) HardΩ
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3y
Ω
29
18Subtle Forms of Confirmation Bias
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5y
5
58Gears Level & Policy Level
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5y
8
33Placing Yourself as an Instance of a Class
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5y
5
28The Problematic Third Person Perspective
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5y
3
12Confusions Concerning Pre-Rationality
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5y
29