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Once upon a time, three groups of subjects were asked how much they would pay to save 2000 / 20000 / 200000 migrating birds from drowning in

Followup to: Scope Insensitivity "Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he had saved the whole world." -- The Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:5

Followup to:  But There's Still A Chance Right?, Beautiful Probability Choose between the following two options: 1A.  $24,000, with certa

Continuation of:  The Allais Paradox Huh!  I was not expecting that response.  Looks like I ran into an inferential distance. It probabl

Suppose that a disease, or a monster, or a war, or something, is killing people. And suppose you only have enough resources to implement one

Followup to:  Circular Altruism.  Response to:  Knowing your argumentative limitations, OR "one [rationalist's] modus ponens is another's mo

Followup to:  Why Does Power Corrupt? "If the ends don't justify the means, what does?"         —variously attributed "I think of mysel

Followup to:  Ethical Inhibitions, Ends Don't Justify Means (Among Humans), Entangled Truths, Contagious Lies, Protected From Myself "Wou

Followup to:  Tsuyoku Naritai, Circular Altruism In the gestalt of (ahem) Japanese fiction, one finds this oft-repeated motif:  Power come

Followup to:  Should We Ban Physics? It may come as a surprise to some readers of this blog, that I do not always advocate using probabili

Followup to:  Something to Protect The following may well be the most controversial dilemma in the history of decision theory: A superi

The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity req