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Epistemic Luck

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You would have different beliefs if certain events in your life were different and since you don’t choose many of the events in your life, this implies that your beliefs are in large part due to Epistemic Luck. How should you react to this fact?

It has been noted that one’s feelings about Decision Theory correlate a great deal with whether one lives in Berkeley (MIRI-centric) or Oxford (FHI-centric).

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Epistemic Luck

AlicornFeb 8, 2010, 12:02 AM
108 points
133 comments3 min readLW link

The Li­tany Against Gurus

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 18, 2007, 8:11 PM
43 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Hell

rogersbaconJan 27, 2024, 5:13 PM
71 points
20 comments14 min readLW link
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