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elaborate please, I'm not following entirely
by ramblerman 16y ago
elaborate please, I'm not following entirely
- nazgulnarsil 16y agoyou'd be better served looking at Hanson's posts on the subject. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/at-least-two-filters.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/at-least-two-filters.h... http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/03/very-bad-news.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/03/very-bad-news.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/beware-future-filters.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/beware-future-filters.... http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/brain-size-is-not-filter.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/11/brain-size-is-not-filt... http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/12/berserker-breakout.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/12/berserker-breakout.htm...
- JeremyBanks 16y agoOff-topic but I'm not sure where else to ask: Does Overcoming Bias have any organized index of posts remotely similar to LessWrong's sequences[1]? I'll probably just dive in and navigate via tags, but a more directed approach would be preferable. [1] http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences
- benreesman 16y agoit is possible that the consequences of the competitive tendencies implicit in natural selection, notably conflict and resource exhaustion, often destroy civilizations before they transmit a lot of radio. if this is very likely then it is likely true of us.