Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | ||
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | ||
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
2006-11-26 | A bias is an obstacle to us knowing the truth. Biases are best defined by observed patterns of errors, not by an actual definition, because there are so many ways to be wrong. | ||
2006-11-27 | Publicizers are often better known for a discovery than the actual innovator. | ||
2006-11-27 | Areas with lower population density tend to be friendlier, contrary to popular belief. | ||
2006-11-28 | Bryan Caplan's work on voter irrationality identifies correlated errors, not biases. Public more skeptical of economics than physics experts. | ||
2006-11-28 | Attempts to reduce bias feasible, even though our cognition is limited. The desire to deduce bias is not itself a bias. | ||
2006-11-28 | Random error helps "evolutionary" development of truth. Bias needed to fight bias. Bias might generate beneficial self-fulfilling prophecies. Errors needed to exercise reason and debating skill. | ||
2006-11-28 | Disagreement in the |
Overcoming Bias is a group blog on the systemic mistakes humans make, and how we can possibly correct them. The primary contributors are Robin Hanson of George Mason University and Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Singularity Institute.Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Common topics include "cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, microeconomics, applied statistics, social psychology, probability and decision theory, even a bit of Artificial Intelligence now and then."
A categorized list of Yudkowsky's posts onmoved from Overcoming Bias to Less Wrong is available at Overcoming Bias/Yudkowsky's PostsLess Wrong/All Articles.
A categorized list of Yudkowsky's posts on Overcoming Bias is available at Overcoming Bias/Yudkowsky's Posts
The complete list of Yudkowsky's posts on Overcoming Bias was compiled by Andrew Hay here.
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | ||
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | ||
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
2006-11-26 | A bias is an obstacle to us knowing the truth. Biases are best defined by observed patterns of errors, not by an actual definition, because there are so many ways to be wrong. | ||
2006-11-27 | Publicizers are often better known for a discovery than the actual innovator. | ||
2006-11-27 | Areas with lower population density tend to be friendlier, contrary to popular belief. | ||
2006-11-28 | Bryan Caplan's work on voter irrationality identifies correlated errors, not biases. Public more skeptical of economics than physics experts. | ||
2006-11-28 | Attempts to reduce bias feasible, even though our cognition is limited. The desire to deduce bias is not itself a bias. | ||
2006-11-28 | Random error helps "evolutionary" development of truth. Bias needed to fight bias. Bias might generate beneficial self-fulfilling prophecies. Errors needed to exercise reason and debating skill. | ||
2006-11-28 | Disagreement in the |
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | ||
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | ||
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
2006-11-26 | A bias is an obstacle to us knowing the truth. Biases are best defined by observed patterns of errors, not by an actual definition, because there are so many ways to be wrong. | ||
2006-11-27 | Publicizers are often better known for a discovery than the actual innovator. | ||
2006-11-27 | Areas with lower population density tend to be friendlier, contrary to popular belief. | ||
2006-11-28 | Bryan Caplan's work on voter irrationality identifies correlated errors, not biases. Public more skeptical of economics than physics experts. | ||
2006-11-28 | Attempts to reduce bias feasible, even though our cognition is limited. The desire to deduce bias is not itself a bias. | ||
2006-11-28 | Random error helps "evolutionary" development of truth. Bias needed to fight bias. Bias might generate beneficial self-fulfilling prophecies. Errors needed to exercise reason and debating skill. | ||
2006-11-28 | Disagreement in the |
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | ||
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | ||
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
2006-11-26 | A bias is an obstacle to us knowing the truth. Biases are best defined by observed patterns of errors, not by an actual definition, because there are so many ways to be wrong. | ||
2006-11-27 | Publicizers are often better known for a discovery than the actual innovator. | ||
2006-11-27 | Areas with lower population density tend to be friendlier, contrary to popular belief. | ||
2006-11-28 | Bryan Caplan's work on voter irrationality identifies correlated errors, not biases. Public more skeptical of economics than physics experts. | ||
2006-11-28 | Attempts to reduce bias feasible, even though our cognition is limited. The desire to deduce bias is not itself a bias. | ||
2006-11-28 | Random error helps "evolutionary" development of truth. Bias needed to fight bias. Bias might generate beneficial self-fulfilling prophecies. Errors needed to exercise reason and debating skill. | ||
2006-11-28 | Disagreement in the |
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | |
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
| 2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | |
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
2006-11-26 | A bias is an obstacle to us knowing the truth. Biases are best defined by observed patterns of errors, not by an actual definition, because there are so many ways to be wrong. | ||
2006-11-27 | Publicizers are often better known for a discovery than the actual innovator. | ||
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | ||
2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | ||
2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | ||
2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | ||
2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | ||
2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | ||
2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | ||
2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | ||
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | |
2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | ||
2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | ||
2006-11-26 | According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentative cognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess. | ||
2006-11-26 | Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error". | ||
2006-11-26 | Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations. | ||
2006-11-26 | We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists. | ||
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | |
Hal Finney | 2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | |
Nick Bostrom | 2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | |
Eliezer Yudkowsky | 2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-23 | First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-24 | Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons? | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-24 | Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers. | |
Nick Bostrom | 2006-11-25 | "A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction." | |
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | |
Hal Finney | 2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-21 | Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family? | |
Nick Bostrom | 2006-11-21 | Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-22 | Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs. | |
Eliezer Yudkowsky | 2006-11-22 | Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles. | |
Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Description of OB and how to contribute. | |
Robin Hanson | 2006-11-20 | Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier? | |
Hal Finney | 2006-11-21 | Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide in Expert Political Judgement. | |
Overcoming Bias is a group blog on the systemic mistakes humans make, and how we can possibly being correctingcorrect them. The primary contributors are Robin Hanson of George Mason University and Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Singularity Institute. Common topics include "cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, microeconomics, applied statistics, social psychology, probability and decision theory, even a bit of Artificial Intelligence now and then."
Overcoming Bias is a group blog on the systemic mistakes humans make, and how we can possibly being correcting them. The primary contributors are Robin Hanson of George Mason University and Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Singularity Institute. Common topics include "cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, microeconomics, applied statistics, social psychology, probability and decision theory, even a bit of Artificial Intelligence now and then."
Overcoming Bias is a
grouppersonal blogon the systemic mistakes humans make, and how we can possibly correct them. The primary contributors areby Robin Hanson on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendents might do, if they don't all die". Prior to the founding ofGeorge Mason University andEliezer Yudkowskyof theMachine Intelligence Research Institute. Common topics include "cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, microeconomics, applied statistics, social psychology, probability and decision theory, even a bit of Artificial Intelligence now and then."The complete list of Yudkowsky's posts onLessWrong in 2009, Overcoming Bias wascompiled by Andrew Hayhere.a group blog, with most posts coming from Robin Hanson and Eliezer Yudkowsky; Eliezer and other contributors moved to LessWrong.A categorized list of Yudkowsky's posts moved fromSee Also- About Overcoming Bias
...to Less Wrong is available atLess Wrong/All Articles.TitleAuthorDateSummaryHow To JoinRobin Hanson2006-11-20Description of OB and how to contribute.Hide Sociobiology Like Sex?Robin Hanson2006-11-20Should we teach children about self-interest explanations and sociobiology earlier?Quiz: Fox or Hedgehog?Hal Finney2006-11-21Discussion of Philip Tetlock's Fox/Hedgehog classification guide inExpert Political Judgement.The Movie "Click"Robin Hanson2006-11-21Is there a bias towards working hard and against spending enough time with family?The Wisdom of BromidesNick Bostrom2006-11-21Biases may exist on an individual level, even if they cancel out on a group level, so even apparently contradictory bromides might highlight important types of failure.Beware Heritable BeliefsRobin Hanson2006-11-22Some opinions are highly heritable, so put extra scrutiny on those beliefs.The Martial Art of RationalityEliezer Yudkowsky2006-11-22Rationality as martial art. Individuals should be able to train their mind like they train muscles.A 1990 Corporate Prediction MarketRobin Hanson2006-11-23First known example of a market designed primarily to gain information from was created by Xanadu, Inc. in 1990.Why Are Academics Liberal?Robin Hanson2006-11-24Ratio of Democrats to Republicans in academia is 5:1 compared to roughly 1:1 in general populace. Is this due to intelligence and information, or social reasons?Moral OverconfidenceRobin Hanson2006-11-24Students admit to cheating, lying, and theft, but 75% think they are more ethical than their peers.What Exactly is Bias?Nick Bostrom2006-11-25"A bias is a non-rational factor that systematically pushes one's beliefs in some domain in one direction."Foxes vs Hedgehogs: Predictive SuccessHal Finney2006-11-26According to Philip Tetlock, foxes (a flexible, tentativecognitive style) are more successful than at forecasting. Hedgehogs do worse than a random guess.To the barricades! Against ... what exactly?Robin Hanson2006-11-26Even though bias might have a broader technical meaning, it is better to think of it as "cheaply avoidable error".Asymmetric PaternalismPeter McCluskey2006-11-26Paternalism to correct common biases and public choice considerations.Why truth? And…Eliezer Yudkowsky2006-11-26We seek the truth for intellectual curiosity, pragmatic reasons, and for its own sake, although there is danger in thinking a moral duty to be rational exists.…What's a bias,