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Meetup : Rationality Meetup Ljubljana

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Vienna

WHEN: 15 February 2014 03:00:00PM (+0100)

WHERE: Vienna, Reichsratstraße 17

Manuel will talk about Universal Artificial Intelligence, which is the theory of perfectly rational agents. It claims to once-and-for-all define what rationality, intelligence, success, understanding etc. really are. Enough flamebait for a lively discussion There will be some maths presented for those who care about such things, but the math is not necessary to understand the theory.

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Vienna

Meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Meetup Ljubljana

WHEN: 25 January 2014 05:00:00PM (+0100)

WHERE: Trubarjeva 44

We will be meeting at Kavarna Mačkon. At least two organizers from the Vienna meetups are joining, and as such the meetup will be conducted in english.

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Meetup Ljubljana

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yeah no worries be as late as you like :P

Meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna

Meetup : The Return of the Rationalists!

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna

WHEN: 18 January 2014 03:00:00PM (+0100)

WHERE: Vienna, Reichsratstraße 17 Cafe Votiv

Quantum Physics and its implications for a rational world view

Discussion article for the meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna

A critique of effective altruism

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : The Return of the Rationalists!

WHEN: 14 December 2013 03:00:00PM (+0100)

WHERE: Reichsratsstraße 17, 1010 Wien

Meetup at the Cafe Votiv! An introduction to Bayesian Reasoning by Viliam!

Discussion article for the meetup : The Return of the Rationalists!

Replying toA critique of effective altruism

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"Hmm. I didn't interpret a hypothetical apostasy as the fiercest critique, but rather the best critique--i.e. weight the arguments not by "badness if true" but by something like badness times plausibility."

See http://www.amirrorclear.net/academic/papers/risk.pdf. Plausibility depends on your current model/arguments/evidence. If the badness times probability of these being wrong dwarfs the former, you must account for it.

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Meditation Trains Metacognition

Upvoted.

N=1: Time to stop self-identifying with thoughts was less than 5 total hours of meditation practice (scattered across months, but still). This was especially helpful in diminishing neurotic behavior - the thoughts are still there just not engaged with.

Meetup : Vienna Meetup

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna Meetup

WHEN: 17 August 2013 03:00:00PM (+0100)

WHERE: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien

The Meetup will be held at the NIG, room 2G on the second floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien.

This time, the discussion will be led by Andreas, focusing on the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", from Kahneman.

facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/438894002884502/?ref=3

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna Meetup

Corrected, thank you

Yes, a blank spot and one that makes everything else near-useless. This needs to be figured out.

That automation makes sense, thank you. Trying to think of how to generalize it, and how to to merge it with the first suggestion.

Anki doesn't work for me on this, agreed. The above suggestion seems to dominate this one.

In response to this post: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/02/which-biases-matter-most-lets-prioritise-the-worst.html

Robert Wiblin got the following data (treated by a dear friend of mine):

89 Confirmation bias

54 Bandwagon effect

50 Fundamental attribution error

44 Status quo bias

39 Availability heuristic

38 Neglect of probability

37 Bias blind spot

36 Planning fallacy

36 Ingroup bias

35 Hyperbolic discounting

29 Hindsight bias

29 Halo effect

28 Zero-risk bias

28 Illusion of control

28 Clustering illusion

26 Omission bias

25 Outcome bias

25 Neglect of prior base rates effect

25 Just-world phenomenon

25 Anchoring

24 System justification

24 Kruger effect

23 Projection bias

23 Mere exposure effect

23 Loss aversion

22 Overconfidence effect

19 Optimism bias

19 Actor-observer bias

18 Self-serving bias

17 Texas sharpshooter fallacy

17 Recency effect

17 Outgroup homogeneity bias

17 Gambler's fallacy

17 Extreme aversion

16 Irrational escalation

15 Illusory correlation

15 Congruence bias

14 Self-fulfilling prophecy

13 Wobegon effect

13 Selective perception

13 Impact bias

13... (read more)

Meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #4

How do you correct your mistakes?

For example, I recently found out I did something wrong at a conference. In my bio, in areas of expertise I should have written what I can teach about, and in areas of interest what I want to be taught about. This seems to maximize value for me. How do I keep that mistake from happening in the future? I don't know when the next conference will happen. Do I write it on anki and memorize that as a failure mode?

More generally, when you recognize a failure mode in yourself how do you constrain your future self so that it doesn't repeat this failure mode? How do you proceduralize and install the solution?

Meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #3

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #4

WHEN: 13 July 2013 03:00:00PM (+0200)

WHERE: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien

Rationality goes university take II! Meetup at the NIG, room 2G on the second floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien Gunther Greindl on what constitutes evidence. Newcomers welcome. FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/189961624499410/?ref=3

Discussion article for the meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #4

Meetup : Vienna meetup #3

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #3

WHEN: 15 June 2013 03:00:00PM (+0200)

WHERE: Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien

Rationality goes University!! - meetup at the NIG, room 2G on the second floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien Viliam Bur will be talking on "being specific" and Gunther Greindl on what constitutes evidence. Newcomers welcome. FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/483142041754571/

Discussion article for the meetup : LW Vienna Meetup #3

Meetup : Vienna Meetup #2

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna meetup #3

WHEN: 18 May 2013 04:00:00PM (+0200)

WHERE: Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Wien {Vienna, Austria}

Our own Villiam Bur will give a short lecture on which discussion will be focused. It is happening in the metalab. https://metalab.at/wiki/Lage

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna meetup #3

Meetup : Vienna Meetup 9th March

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna Meetup #2

WHEN: 13 April 2013 04:00:00PM (+0200)

WHERE: Schottengasse 2, 1010 Innere Stadt (1.Bez)

WHEN: 13 April 2013 16:00

WHERE: Cafe Im Schottenstift (Schottengasse 2)

Agenda: we will be discussing developments since last meeting, future projects, and also have some nice and decent discussions regarding rational living.

Join our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rationalityvienna/?fref=ts

Discussion article for the meetup : Vienna Meetup #2