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A cognitive bias is a systematic deviation from ideal reasoning.

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The motivated reasoning critique of effective altruism
Linch
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Database of existential risk estimates
MichaelA
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Invisible impact loss (and why we can be too error-averse)
Lizka
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The availability bias in job hunting
Vaidehi Agarwalla
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Beware frictions from altruistic value differences
Magnus Vinding
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New Book: "Reasoned Politics" + Why I have written a book about politics
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Four mindset disagreements behind existential risk disagreements in ML
RobBensinger
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Potential downsides of using explicit probabilities
MichaelA
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Value of Life: VSL Estimates vs Community Perspective Evaluations
Joel Tan (CEARCH)
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Affective forecasting: The challenge of predicting future feelings and the implications for global priorities research
Matt Coleman
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The Importance-Avoidance Effect
davidhartsough
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Why I'm skeptical about unproven causes (and you should be too)
Peter Wildeford
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Three Biases That Made Me Believe in AI Risk
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Binding Fuzzies and Utilons Together
eleni
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Psychological Obstacles to Doing Good (Better)
michel
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