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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
it's worth acknowledging about the rationalists that they give lip service to empiricism but the Big Problem around which they nucleated, AI safety, was a problem where eliezer yudkowsky carefully explained that empiricism was impossible so theorizing was our only hope
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @m_ashcroft and @sashachapin
brb starting my own version of LessWrong and calling it WhatIfWeActuallyLookedAtTheTerritory
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
which is not to say that there aren't empiricists among the rationalists. all of my empiricism about psychology comes from hanging out with CFAR. but the core premise was always "thinking really hard will save the world" and the core group was people drawn to that premise
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