Defensibility

TagLast edit: Oct 3, 2020, 5:10 PM by Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)

Beware when you find yourself arguing that a policy is defensible rather than optimal; or that it has some benefit compared to the null action, rather than the best benefit of any action.

—The Third Alternative

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The Third Alternative by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Nightmare of the Perfectly Principled

BenquoNov 2, 2017, 9:10 AM

14 points

14 comments8 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

(Religion/Atheist) - Reppert on the Defeasibility Test (No (conclusive) evidence possible for a being both all-powerful and honest)

Bound_upDec 17, 2016, 9:51 PM

3 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

The Third Alternative

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 6, 2007, 11:47 PM

163 points

86 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Third Alternative

badgerJun 8, 2011, 2:19 PM

9 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Double-negation as framing

Stuart JohnsonApr 16, 2023, 6:59 AM

25 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Rational Defense of Irrational Beliefs

cleonidMar 12, 2009, 6:48 PM

6 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

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Defensibility

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See also

Night­mare of the Perfectly Principled

(Reli­gion/​Athe­ist) - Rep­pert on the Defea­si­bil­ity Test (No (con­clu­sive) ev­i­dence pos­si­ble for a be­ing both all-pow­er­ful and hon­est)