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Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction: My friend Elie Yudkowsky, an extraordinary thinker from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, gave me a copy of his paper Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks.It is the single best discussion of heuristics and biases within the framework of cognitive psychology I've read. I highly recommend you...; Tags: General, Ben Casnocha, Elie Yudkowsky; Blog posts 2007-05-27

A Burning Itch to Know is Higher Than a Solemn Vow to Pursue Truth: I met Elie Yudkowsky from the Singularity Institute a couple weeks ago in New Orleans. Talk about a deep thinker.One of the essays on his website is titled The Twelve Virtues of Rationality. I loved numero uno:The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-05-05