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3 – Interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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The Effect of a Religious Upbringing on My Life

I don't remember if I actually did know about game theory at the time or not. If I knew what game theory was then I was probably closer to a let-then. When I first like noticed that feeling of hiding something in the corner of my mind and generalizing over it would have an age 14 or 15, I think. So there was probably another watershed moment when they were telling me to pray to Davin. And I was like, I don't understand these words. This is not going to work. They're like, no, no. Like as long as you Davin and Hebrew, it's okay if you don't understand the words. And this was so stupid

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