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approached a girl on saturday. the approach itself was nothing special, & i got rejected as expected. BUT I know understand what all those guys mean with femininity. this girl was dripping with it. she even gave me a compliment (“you have beautiful eyes”) after rejecting me. damn
approached a girl on saturday. the approach itself was nothing special, & i got rejected as expected. BUT I know understand what all those guys mean with femininity. this girl was dripping with it. she even gave me a compliment (“you have beautiful eyes”) after rejecting me. damn
looking forward to the moment when i can first smack someone with my copy of Grand Futures because they're being an annoying pseudo-primitivist – the satisfying sound of a thousand pages of industrial strength paper against their weak biological skull
how come nobody takes the view seriously that coordination is eternally hard on all levels?
how come nobody takes the view seriously that coordination is eternally hard on all levels?
discourse between a man and his baaaaaa
discourse between a man and his baaaaaa
at least we'll die a really cool death
at least we'll die a really cool death
what a strange optimizer it is
what a strange optimizer it is
a date with a human model
a date with a human model
todo: find some nice population axiologies where the bound is a parameter
todo: find some nice population axiologies where the bound is a parameter
makes me update towards the awfulness of ancestral environment
makes me update towards the awfulness of ancestral environment
ancestral social environment probably most comparable with today's high school – everybody is very near each other a lot of the time, high amounts of common knowledge. differences: existence of age gaps in AE, more common tasks
ancestral social environment probably most comparable with today's high school – everybody is very near each other a lot of the time, high amounts of common knowledge. differences: existence of age gaps in AE, more common tasks
gridworlds scenario with corrigible/noncorrigible subagents
gridworlds scenario with corrigible/noncorrigible subagents
“improve the system” is not an atomic action
“improve the system” is not an atomic action
forecasting questions can be divided into “we have an indicator, let the people forecast it” and “we have a question, let's find an indicator/indicators to concretise it”
forecasting questions can be divided into “we have an indicator, let the people forecast it” and “we have a question, let's find an indicator/indicators to concretise it”
Gotami said: “why is experience bad so often?” Upon hearing this, the nun got enlightened.
Gotami said: “why is experience bad so often?” Upon hearing this, the nun got enlightened.
internal/external validity for attractiveness rankings
internal/external validity for attractiveness rankings
heiliges römisches rotes kreuz deutscher nation
heiliges römisches rotes kreuz deutscher nation
even an ASI would defer to an even smarter version of itself. does this solve the problem of fully updated deference?
even an ASI would defer to an even smarter version of itself. does this solve the problem of fully updated deference?
@iolfree "TEST hello twtxt xxx" -> :wave:
@iolfree "TEST hello twtxt xxx" -> :wave:
amazing they managed to get double-blind RCTs through asymmetric justice
amazing they managed to get double-blind RCTs through asymmetric justice
christianity has been bad for sexuality, do other religions fare better? monotheistic ones don't seem to
christianity has been bad for sexuality, do other religions fare better? monotheistic ones don't seem to
tibeetan dreeem yooeeeeeeeee
tibeetan dreeem yooeeeeeeeee
guy who has always wanted to get into lucid dreaming
guy who has always wanted to get into lucid dreaming
(yes, I know the thought experiment doesn't come from buridan)
(yes, I know the thought experiment doesn't come from buridan)
buridan's ass: not sure which cheek to clap
buridan's ass: not sure which cheek to clap
“considered harmful” is not about harm: an opinionated review is all you need
“considered harmful” is not about harm: an opinionated review is all you need
if MDMA is libido-enhancing for women, and libido-diminishing for men, then that points at an important joint between male and female sexuality.
if MDMA is libido-enhancing for women, and libido-diminishing for men, then that points at an important joint between male and female sexuality.
I put on my best reference class tennis outfit
I put on my best reference class tennis outfit
bell's theorem for the haecceity of qualia
bell's theorem for the haecceity of qualia
That's pretty Markov of you, my friend
That's pretty Markov of you, my friend
DSOTM=Doesn't seem obvious to me.=
DSOTM=Doesn't seem obvious to me.=
philosophical bullets i'm not (yet) willing to bite: illusionism, accepting the repugnant conclusion.
philosophical bullets i'm not (yet) willing to bite: illusionism, accepting the repugnant conclusion.
“showing that you care” type signalling depends on the sunk cost fallacy; or, there was selection pressure against the sunk cost fallacy (modulo reputation effects)
“showing that you care” type signalling depends on the sunk cost fallacy; or, there was selection pressure against the sunk cost fallacy (modulo reputation effects)
Robin Hanson is pretty good evidence for the Orthogonality Hypothesis
Robin Hanson is pretty good evidence for the Orthogonality Hypothesis
how much would you X yourself?
how much would you X yourself?
I dislike it when people use two en dashes for an em dash
I dislike it when people use two en dashes for an em dash
wondering whether non-compartmentalization is a result of monotheism
wondering whether non-compartmentalization is a result of monotheism
i want a smallpox vaccine
i want a smallpox vaccine
putting myself on a list by googling various bioinfohazards
putting myself on a list by googling various bioinfohazards
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6fe54e3e669470cf6b3b371149716d06704beda48a0ca553f45cf4a913edd180
“Attention is all you need”. Fucking prophetic