> Imagine for a second the love you would feel for a newborn or a cute little animal. They probably haven't done anything to "deserve" your love; they might even be acting clumsily (I admit I don't know what a skillful baby is like). But you can love them anyway....
"Even when probabilities are low, act as if your actions matter in terms of expected value. Because even when you lose, you can be aligned." (MacAskill) My neurons sometimes seem to have their own coalition government, and they don't agree with each other. I notice something: some similarities between the...
I’ve tried to publish this in several ways, and each time my karma drops. Maybe that’s part of the experiment: observing what happens when I keep doing what feels most dignified, even when its expected value is negative. Maybe someday I’ll understand the real problem behind these ideas. “Die With...
Why am I posting this on lesswrong? Well, someone known here as gwern expressed interest in stories from when I was a militar firefighter. link It wasn't really my goal, but I've been posting my story here. link To summarize: it starts with my proudest moments as a firefighter and...
Perhaps asking key questions will help me learn more about what I know than what I don't know about myself, and also make bets with myself, haha. Following the previous question. For example, in this game where we have to discover a secret character the we can see but we...
Let`s say in 2018, I was absolutely sure a candidate was going to win the election. I presented my arguments with great motivation, and a friend asked me if I would bet 500 reais on your expectations, so... I didn't want to risk my skin and he introduced me to...
Here I’ll share a summary of what I learned teaching therapeutic humor courses in the prisons of Greater Buenos Aires, and ask for help with my next project: stimulating probabilistic rationality in these groups. Would they become more ethical, or just gain better tools to evolve as bandits, and maybe...