NOV 28A Meritocracy of TasteEpistemic status: the idea it’s not fully fleshed out (there are a bunch of problems that I’m skipping over, the post is meant more as: “has anyone been seriously thinking about this?” and throwing out a starting point, than: “here is a proposal that would actually work”) and I wouldn’t be surprised if either it’s…2 min read2 karma11 commentsLessWrong
APR 10Is Consciousness Simulated?Intro In the post I go through: “How did I come up with the question?”, “What does it mean exactly?”, “Is it worth asking/investigating or is the answer “no” in some obvious way?”, “What would it mean if it was true?”, “Conclusion”. Does consciousness need to be simulated? A recursive simulation (at least one level)…6 min read-1 karma2 commentsLessWrong
FEB 04Personal predictionsEpistemic status: my experience making predictions in the past year. Roughly a year ago, as I was reading the Sequences, I decided it was time for me to start making and tracking predictions to test how calibrated I was. The only thing I figured I needed was some tool to automate the process as much as possible, and…4 min read2 karma2 commentsLessWrong
