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Selec­tion Effects

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Nega­tive and Pos­i­tive Selection

alyssavanceJul 6, 2012, 1:34 AM
148 points
263 comments3 min readLW link

Selec­tive pro­cesses bring tag-alongs (but not always!)

AnnaSalamonMar 11, 2009, 8:17 AM
39 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Selec­tion Has A Qual­ity Ceiling

johnswentworthJun 2, 2021, 6:25 PM
147 points
18 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Epistemic Strate­gies of Selec­tion Theorems

adamShimiOct 18, 2021, 8:57 AM
33 points
1 comment12 min readLW link

Against Job Boards: Hu­man Cap­i­tal and the Leg­i­bil­ity Trap

vaishnav92Oct 24, 2024, 8:50 PM
6 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Utility is not the se­lec­tion target

tailcalledNov 4, 2023, 10:48 PM
24 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Solv­ing Two-Sided Ad­verse Selec­tion with Pre­dic­tion Mar­ket Matchmaking

Saul MunnNov 26, 2023, 8:10 PM
16 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(www.brasstacks.blog)

Evolu­tion is an ob­ser­va­tion, not a process

Neil Feb 6, 2024, 2:49 PM
8 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­am­ine your assumptions

Douglas_ReayMar 30, 2012, 11:28 AM
49 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

The Pop­u­lariza­tion Bias

Wei DaiJul 17, 2009, 3:43 PM
30 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

A Sub­tle Selec­tion Effect in Over­con­fi­dence Studies

Kevin DorstJul 3, 2023, 2:43 PM
24 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(kevindorst.substack.com)

Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory, Selec­tion Bias, and Refer­ence Classes

Qiaochu_YuanJul 8, 2013, 5:16 AM
32 points
128 comments6 min readLW link

Too good to be true

PhilGoetzJul 11, 2014, 8:16 PM
35 points
121 comments4 min readLW link

Selec­tion Effects in es­ti­mates of Global Catas­trophic Risk

bentarmNov 4, 2011, 9:14 AM
32 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

The Mo­ti­vated Rea­son­ing Cri­tique of Effec­tive Altruism

LinchSep 15, 2021, 1:43 AM
27 points
0 comments23 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

We are mis­al­igned: the sad­den­ing idea that most of hu­man­ity doesn’t in­trin­si­cally care about x-risk, even on a per­sonal level

Christopher KingMay 19, 2023, 4:12 PM
3 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Toward a Broader Con­cep­tion of Ad­verse Selection

Ricki HeicklenMar 14, 2024, 10:40 PM
177 points
61 comments13 min readLW link
(bayesshammai.substack.com)

Closed-ended ques­tions aren’t as hard as you think

electroswingFeb 19, 2025, 3:53 AM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

What con­clu­sions can be drawn from a sin­gle ob­ser­va­tion about wealth in ten­nis?

Trevor CappalloDec 18, 2024, 9:55 AM
8 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
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