ChrisHallquist comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: ChrisHallquist 23 November 2013 02:37:03AM 15 points [-]

Some notes on my answers:

I put 0 for supernatural, God, and religion, not because I think the answer is literally zero but because I didn't think Yvain wanted us answering using exponential notation.
Some of the other probability estimating questions deeply confused me, and I'm pretty sure I didn't base my answer on any kind of consistent assumptions. Like I based my cryonics answer on the assumption that uploading counts without even really thinking about it, but then assigned a lower probability to anti-agathics by assuming it required keeping the original meat alive. Also I'm really confused by the simultation hypothesis debate.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 23 November 2013 03:00:23AM 8 points [-]

It was noted that for our convenience, 0 is interpreted as epsilon and 100 as 100-epsilon.

Comment author: ChrisHallquist 23 November 2013 05:36:48AM 0 points [-]

Ah, I saw that but wasn't familiar with the terminology.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 23 November 2013 02:44:10PM 4 points [-]

In case you are still unfamiliar: epsilon is a common symbol in mathematics used to designate any negligibly small number.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 25 November 2013 04:30:39AM 2 points [-]

Small and positive. (Nitpick).