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13 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 February 2009 08:15PM

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Comment author: badger 27 February 2009 11:30:02PM *  9 points [-]

The most important thing I can recall is conservation of expectation. In particular, I'm thinking of Making Beliefs Pay Rent and Conservation of Expected Evidence. We need to see a greater commitment to deciding in advance which direction new evidence will shift our beliefs.

Most frequently referenced concepts: 1. Mind projection fallacy and "The map is not the territory." 2. "The opposite of stupidity is not intelligence."