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So, I and a few other people are starting a Bayesian Conspiracy chapter at my university (New Mexico Tech).  We're trying to put together a

I've been reading through this to get a sense of the state of the art at the moment: http://lukeprog.com/SaveTheWorld.html Near the bottom

I just read this article (which is well worth reading for anyone interested in cryonics).  One of the important things that the article poin

For those who aren't familiar, Pascal's Mugging is a simple thought experiment that seems to demonstrate an intuitive flaw in naive expected