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In­for­ma­tion Cascades

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An information cascade occurs when people update on other people’s beliefs, which may individually be a rational decision but may still result in a self-reinforcing community opinion that does not necessarily reflect reality.

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In­for­ma­tion cascades

JohnicholasMar 6, 2009, 4:08 AM
61 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Un­der­stand­ing in­for­ma­tion cascades

Mar 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
50 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How large is the harm from info-cas­cades? [Info-cas­cade se­ries]

Mar 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
22 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion cas­cades in sci­en­tific practice

Richard_KennawayJul 29, 2009, 12:08 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong anti-kib­itzer (hides com­ment au­thors and vote counts)

MarcelloMar 9, 2009, 7:18 PM
66 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can we re­spond to info-cas­cades? [Info-cas­cade se­ries]

Mar 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Distri­bu­tion of info-cas­cades across fields? [Info-cas­cade se­ries]

Mar 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] For­mal­is­ing con­tin­u­ous info cas­cades? [Info-cas­cade se­ries]

Mar 13, 2019, 10:55 AM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Luck

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

In­ter­nal In­for­ma­tion Cascades

JenniferRMJun 25, 2021, 4:35 PM
45 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

In a world… of ven­ture capital

ZviMay 15, 2015, 2:02 PM
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Database of ex­is­ten­tial risk estimates

MichaelAApr 20, 2020, 1:08 AM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Dangers of deference

TsviBTJan 8, 2023, 2:36 PM
62 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Tran­si­tive Tol­er­ance Means Intolerance

orthonormalAug 14, 2021, 5:52 PM
39 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

A prob­lem with group epistemics

Mckay JensenJan 18, 2023, 5:06 PM
4 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(quevivasbien.github.io)

Diseased dis­ci­plines: the strange case of the in­verted chart

MorendilFeb 7, 2012, 9:45 AM
62 points
150 comments4 min readLW link
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