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[Linkpost] Bracketing cluelessness: A new theory of altruistic decision-making
Some colleagues and I have written a working philosophy paper called “Bracketing Cluelessness”, and I’ve written an accompanying informal explainer post…
Sep 24
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June 2025
Just take the midpoint?
An intuitive response to imprecise probability, and its limitations
Jun 23
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Why not all one-boxers acausally trade: Physical vs. logical acausal control
Note: Assumes a lot of background knowledge of decision theory.
Jun 21
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I'm just a guy: An approach to anthropics
Each of the leading solutions to anthropics runs into wildly counterintuitive implications.
Jun 13
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February 2025
Notes on Occam via Solomonoff vs. hierarchical Bayes
What's the right way of encoding a bias towards simplicity in a Bayesian framework?
Feb 10
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Reasons-based choice and cluelessness
How should we weigh our reasons when it's hard to turn them into expected utilities?
Feb 7
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