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In­for­ma­tion Cascades

TagLast edit: 8 Jun 2022 11:24 UTC by Emrik

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

Johnicholas6 Mar 2009 4:08 UTC
61 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Un­der­stand­ing in­for­ma­tion cascades

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

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

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

In­for­ma­tion cas­cades in sci­en­tific practice

Richard_Kennaway29 Jul 2009 12:08 UTC
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

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

Marcello9 Mar 2009 19:18 UTC
66 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

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

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

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

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

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

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

Epistemic Luck

Alicorn8 Feb 2010 0:02 UTC
108 points
133 comments3 min readLW link

In­ter­nal In­for­ma­tion Cascades

JenniferRM25 Jun 2021 16:35 UTC
45 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

In a world… of ven­ture capital

Zvi15 May 2015 14:02 UTC
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Database of ex­is­ten­tial risk estimates

MichaelA20 Apr 2020 1:08 UTC
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Dangers of deference

TsviBT8 Jan 2023 14:36 UTC
58 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Tran­si­tive Tol­er­ance Means Intolerance

orthonormal14 Aug 2021 17:52 UTC
39 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

A prob­lem with group epistemics

Mckay Jensen18 Jan 2023 17:06 UTC
4 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(quevivasbien.github.io)

Diseased dis­ci­plines: the strange case of the in­verted chart

Morendil7 Feb 2012 9:45 UTC
62 points
150 comments4 min readLW link
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