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Gordon Seidoh Worley

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I’m writing a book about epistemology. It’s about The Problem of the Criterion, why it’s important, and what it has to tell us about how we approach knowing the truth.

I’ve also written a lot about AI safety. Some of the more interesting stuff can be found at the site of my currently-dormant AI safety org, PAISRI.

Fun­da­men­tal Uncer­tainty: Chap­ter 7 - Why is truth use­ful?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 30, 2023, 4:48 PM
10 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

In­dus­tri­al­iza­tion/​Com­put­er­i­za­tion Analogies

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMar 27, 2023, 4:34 PM
16 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tal Uncer­tainty: Chap­ter 6 - How can we be cer­tain about the truth?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMar 6, 2023, 1:52 PM
10 points
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Feel­ings are Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 21, 2023, 2:38 AM
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[Question] How much is death a limit on knowl­edge ac­cu­mu­la­tion?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 14, 2023, 3:54 AM
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Act­ing Nor­mal is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 10, 2023, 11:35 PM
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Reli­gion is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 9, 2023, 6:34 AM
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Drugs are Some­times Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 8, 2023, 2:24 AM
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Sex is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 5, 2023, 6:33 AM
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Small Talk is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 4, 2023, 12:38 AM
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Ex­er­cise is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 2, 2023, 12:09 AM
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Nice Clothes are Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 31, 2023, 7:22 PM
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Ama­zon clos­ing Ama­zonSmile to fo­cus its philan­thropic giv­ing to pro­grams with greater impact

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 19, 2023, 1:15 AM
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MacArthur BART (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 2, 2023, 10:50 PM
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1 comment1 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tal Uncer­tainty: Chap­ter 5 - How do we know what we know?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 28, 2022, 1:28 AM
10 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

[Fic­tion] Un­spo­ken Stone

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 20, 2022, 5:11 AM
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The Cat­e­gor­i­cal Im­per­a­tive Obscures

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 6, 2022, 5:48 PM
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Contin­gency is not arbitrary

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 12, 2022, 4:35 AM
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0 comments3 min readLW link

Truth seek­ing is mo­ti­vated cognition

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 7, 2022, 7:19 PM
6 points
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Quick Book Re­view: Cru­cial Conversations

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 19, 2022, 6:25 AM
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2 comments2 min readLW link