Paradoxes

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The Meta-Puzzle

DanielFilan22 Nov 2021 5:30 UTC

23 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

(danielfilan.com)

The Unexpected Hanging Paradox

Chris_Leong27 Jun 2021 6:17 UTC

17 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Moore’s Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Mar 2009 2:27 UTC

89 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

Anthropical Paradoxes are Paradoxes of Probability Theory

Ape in the coat6 Dec 2023 8:16 UTC

52 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Unconscious Competence and Counter-Incentives

lifelonglearner10 Mar 2018 6:38 UTC

13 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Null-boxing Newcomb’s Problem

Yitz13 Jul 2020 16:32 UTC

33 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Resolving the unexpected hanging paradox

AlexMennen25 Jan 2011 19:32 UTC

13 points

41 comments2 min readLW link

Simpson’s Paradox

bentarm12 Jan 2011 23:01 UTC

100 points

58 comments4 min readLW link

Coordination Problems in Evolution: Eigen’s Paradox

Martin Sustrik12 Oct 2018 12:40 UTC

105 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Semantic Stopsigns

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Aug 2007 19:29 UTC

149 points

110 comments3 min readLW link

Paradoxes in all anthropic probabilities

Stuart_Armstrong19 Jun 2018 15:31 UTC

22 points

26 comments3 min readLW link

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew Barnett27 Jul 2021 17:46 UTC

51 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

A Bayesian Aggregation Paradox

Jsevillamol22 Nov 2021 10:39 UTC

87 points

23 comments7 min readLW link

The Fermi Paradox: What did Sandberg, Drexler and Ord Really Dissolve?

Shmi8 Jul 2018 21:18 UTC

46 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

The Mere Cable Channel Addition Paradox

Ghatanathoah26 Jul 2012 7:20 UTC

100 points

147 comments12 min readLW link

Why it took so long to do the Fermi calculation right?

Jan_Kulveit2 Jul 2018 20:29 UTC

76 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Against the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Penalty

AlexMennen14 Dec 2017 18:38 UTC

41 points

47 comments11 min readLW link

Pascal’s Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Oct 2007 23:37 UTC

112 points

353 comments4 min readLW link

Pascal’s Muggle: Infinitesimal Priors and Strong Evidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2013 0:43 UTC

73 points

402 comments26 min readLW link

The Lifespan Dilemma

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 Sep 2009 18:45 UTC

61 points

220 comments7 min readLW link

The Allais Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Jan 2008 3:05 UTC

62 points

145 comments3 min readLW link

More on the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Prior

AlexMennen26 Feb 2018 23:53 UTC

16 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Procrastination Paradoxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

scasper6 Aug 2020 19:47 UTC

21 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

A Poisson process paradox

nerfhammer6 Apr 2012 5:20 UTC

29 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Solving the two envelopes problem

rstarkov9 Aug 2012 13:42 UTC

45 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Sleeping Beauty Resolved?

ksvanhorn22 May 2018 14:13 UTC

16 points

77 comments10 min readLW link

Zeno walks into a bar

lsusr4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC

43 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Dissolving the Fermi Paradox, and what reflection it provides

Jan_Kulveit30 Jun 2018 16:35 UTC

28 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Snake Eyes Paradox

Martin Randall11 Jun 2023 4:10 UTC

22 points

25 comments6 min readLW link

Sleeping Beauty Resolved (?) Pt. 2: Identity and Betting

ksvanhorn2 Jun 2018 2:43 UTC

9 points

50 comments6 min readLW link

Interactive Infographic on Simpson’s Paradox

Antisuji20 Sep 2013 17:37 UTC

39 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

“Solving” selfishness for UDT

Stuart_Armstrong27 Oct 2014 17:51 UTC

39 points

52 comments8 min readLW link

The Achilles Heel Hypothesis for AI

scasper13 Oct 2020 14:35 UTC

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

What’s wrong with this picture?

CronoDAS28 Jan 2016 13:30 UTC

29 points

81 comments1 min readLW link

Raven Paradox Revisited

Chris_Leong15 Apr 2018 0:08 UTC

5 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

On the importance of taking limits: Infinite Spheres of Utility

aspera12 Oct 2013 21:18 UTC

35 points

59 comments8 min readLW link

Allais Hack—Transform Your Decisions!

MBlume3 May 2009 22:37 UTC

22 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

The Dick Kick’em Paradox

Augs SMSHacks23 Sep 2023 22:22 UTC

−5 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

The Conscious Sorites Paradox

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Apr 2008 2:58 UTC

17 points

41 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Social Capital Paradoxes

abramdemski10 Sep 2020 18:44 UTC

69 points

24 comments4 min readLW link

“Who I am” is an axiom.

dadadarren25 Apr 2021 21:59 UTC

7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Moravec’s Paradox Comes From The Availability Heuristic

james.lucassen20 Oct 2021 6:23 UTC

33 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(jlucassen.com)

Problem of Induction: What if Instants Were Independent

Epirito3 Apr 2022 0:54 UTC

1 point

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[Question] Confused Thoughts on AI Afterlife (seriously)

Epirito7 Jun 2022 14:37 UTC

−4 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Against the paradox of tolerance

pchvykov10 Jan 2023 0:12 UTC

1 point

11 comments3 min readLW link

An Optimistic Solution to the Fermi Paradox

Glenn Clayton10 Mar 2024 14:39 UTC

4 points

6 comments13 min readLW link

The Knockdown Argument Paradox

Bryan Frances28 Jan 2023 19:23 UTC

−12 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

The Paradox of Constructed Realities: An Exploration

Ridoini Abdellah2 Aug 2024 8:34 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

redacted

Tomas Rolin (nos)9 Aug 2024 11:23 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meno’s Paradox

Hudjefa8 Aug 2024 5:59 UTC

0 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

LDT (and everything else) can be irrational

Christopher King6 Nov 2024 4:05 UTC

3 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Premature death paradox

bfinn13 Apr 2020 23:15 UTC

8 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

God and Moses have a chat

Yitz17 Jun 2020 18:34 UTC

21 points

17 comments6 min readLW link

Reflective consistency, randomized decisions, and the dangers of unrealistic thought experiments

Radford Neal7 Dec 2023 3:33 UTC

34 points

25 comments6 min readLW link

If a tree falls on Sleeping Beauty...

ata12 Nov 2010 1:14 UTC

145 points

28 comments8 min readLW link

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