Posts

Kansas City Secular Solstice 2024-10-21T05:35:04.313Z
Creating an Exobrain 2024-07-02T18:30:49.695Z
Kansas City – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2024 2024-03-30T11:28:05.333Z
ROSE Ringing in 2024 2023-12-06T20:42:27.808Z
Kansas City, Missouri, USA – ACX Meetups Everywhere Fall 2023 2023-08-25T23:41:25.460Z
Kansas City, Missouri, USA – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2023 2023-04-10T22:11:53.078Z
Books and Booze 2023-02-17T00:23:45.780Z
Books and Booze 2023-02-17T00:23:08.161Z
Books and Booze 2023-02-17T00:21:48.223Z
Guild of the ROSE 1 year anniversary mixer 2022-09-15T18:15:24.533Z
Kansas City, MO – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2022 2022-08-24T23:00:28.865Z
Practical Decision-Making Course: A Retrospective 2022-02-05T16:25:12.614Z
Neo-Mohism 2021-06-16T21:57:29.727Z
Petrov Day celebration 2020-09-06T01:09:34.718Z
SSC Meetup 2020-06-17T09:56:35.097Z
KC Dojo 2-18-20 2020-02-26T22:49:06.221Z
Kansas City Dojo meetup 11-19-19 2019-12-05T00:13:32.445Z
Kansas City Dojo meetup 11-12-19 2019-11-28T19:11:23.129Z
Kansas City Dojo Meetup: 11-5-19 2019-11-07T21:32:06.985Z
Alternative name for a Bug List 2019-09-09T15:14:20.618Z
Kansas City SSC meetup 2019-09-04T15:27:41.605Z
Petrov Day celebration 2019-07-24T21:58:30.224Z
Episode 7 of 'Tsuyoku Narita': CoZE 2019-07-02T22:38:45.982Z
Dojo meetup - hike! 2019-06-13T12:11:03.044Z
Episode 6 of Tsuyoku Naritai (the 'becoming stronger' podcast) 2019-06-12T23:31:06.803Z
Episode 5 of Tsuyoku Naritai (the 'becoming stronger' podcast): The Stance 2019-05-23T04:15:18.002Z
Episode 4 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the 'becoming stronger' podcast): TAPs 2019-05-10T02:16:47.857Z
Episode 3 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the 'becoming stronger podcast): Nike Timers 2019-05-03T02:53:07.600Z
"Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast): Episode 2 - Yoda Timers 2019-04-25T04:37:48.693Z
Rationality Dojo 2019-04-22T03:26:21.599Z
Visiting Cleveland 2019-04-21T12:50:52.282Z
Passing through St. Louis 2019-04-21T12:45:49.294Z
Passing through St. Louis 2019-04-21T12:44:35.891Z
Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). 2019-04-17T21:58:30.591Z
Rationality Dojo 2019-04-03T21:43:54.944Z
Starting a rationality dojo; any tips? 2019-02-25T23:56:24.923Z
Meetup schedule 2019-02-11T18:47:07.641Z
Kansas City Rationalists game night 2019-02-11T18:34:30.110Z
Can someone design this Google Sheets bug list template for me? 2019-02-09T06:55:51.652Z
If Rationality can be likened to a 'Martial Art', what would be the Forms? 2019-02-06T05:48:33.589Z
Applied Rationality podcast - feedback? 2019-01-31T01:46:36.703Z
LW/SSC Mixer 2019-01-10T17:28:57.024Z
Meetup Schedule 2018-12-28T22:43:35.761Z
What does it mean to "believe" a thing to be true? 2018-12-27T13:28:15.498Z
Can I use Less Wrong branding in youtube videos? 2018-12-14T07:10:16.072Z
A culture of exploitation? 2018-11-24T22:00:09.189Z
[Insert clever intro here] 2018-11-20T03:26:32.420Z

Comments

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on AI #75: Math is Easier · 2024-08-02T01:23:28.984Z · LW · GW

"It can sometimes be better for things to be worse."

I will just leave that there with no further comment.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on AI #75: Math is Easier · 2024-08-02T00:03:33.686Z · LW · GW

Thank you for your service. This is a good thing, and everyone who downvoted you is personally responsible for this site having gotten worse.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Young Cryonicist Gathering Warning · 2024-07-26T05:42:43.453Z · LW · GW

I attended this year, and went googling to see if anyone has had the same issues with her behavior. It is appalling to find that this has been apparently going on for over a decade.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Kansas City – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2024 · 2024-05-08T04:25:12.532Z · LW · GW

If you are concerned about attending due to a lack of RSVPs here, rest assured we will have a large crowd! Everyone RSVPs on Meetup.com, and most people don't RSVP.

https://www.meetup.com/kc_rat_ea/events/300051722/

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on LessWrong's (first) album: I Have Been A Good Bing · 2024-04-02T00:01:44.994Z · LW · GW

Is it possible to crowdfund the necessary expenses to get this onto Spotify? Are there any significant potential licensing issues?

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on The Aspiring Rationalist Congregation · 2024-01-11T06:21:15.633Z · LW · GW

CEO of the Guild of the ROSE here. This is an excellent writeup, and I appreciate the shoutout. You've correctly identified that our current structure lends itself more towards a university-like environment, but we have always aspired for that to just be one piece of the Guild. We are also interested in being a more open-ended community and providing the things you describe.

Right now, we are limited by funds and time. We have been working on this project for several years without pay, and so we have had to severely restrict what we focus on. If anyone wants to use us for the aspirations outlined in this post, let us know and we will happily lend ourselves to this mission.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on 12 Virtues of Rationality posters/icons · 2023-02-20T04:55:47.973Z · LW · GW

What are the dimensions of the frames you used? Or better yet, do you have an amazon link to them?

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Books and Booze · 2023-02-17T00:24:39.482Z · LW · GW
Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Guild of the ROSE 1 year anniversary mixer · 2022-09-30T23:02:56.790Z · LW · GW

Use this link if you are having trouble getting in: https://app.gather.town/app/aPVfK3G76UukgiHx/lesswrong-campus

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Six Months of ROSE · 2022-05-06T15:58:35.598Z · LW · GW

For sure!

This article touches on most of it: https://guildoftherose.org/articles/structure-of-the-guild

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Six Months of ROSE · 2022-05-02T00:13:22.394Z · LW · GW

Hi! CEO here. 

I would re-frame the conversation by saying everyone has things that are already impressive about them, but they also have weaknesses that prevent them from fulfilling their individual potential. The approach ROSE is taking is to help people shore up their weaknesses, leaving them only with strengths. To this end, we have already begun to succeed.

We have members who have made significant life decisions with the help of our Practical Decision Making course. We have helped people learn how to learn new skills more efficiently with our Meta-Learning course. We have helped people learn how to create faster and stronger relationships.

We have built ROSE to learn from the previous failed attempts at this. We have inoculated ourselves from the cultishness of the likes of Leverage. We have made ourselves more accessible and useful than the fleeting, expensive, and geographically-bound CFAR workshops. 

Even if we dissolve ROSE tomorrow, I already consider it a success that others can continue to learn from and iterate on.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on The Structure of the Guild of the Rose · 2022-01-21T19:27:25.180Z · LW · GW

If anyone has any questions, I am co-CEO of ROSE and will be periodically checking these comments. :)

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2021-10-21T23:30:49.216Z

"God of the EA community"? The majority of my city's EA community doesn't even know who Yudkowsky is, and of the few who do most have ambivalent opinions of him.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Neo-Mohism · 2021-06-17T15:12:33.245Z · LW · GW

The primary goal of this document is to articulate my personal moral philosophy, and I use the Mohism branding because it has strong corollaries to said moral philosophy, but otherwise I am reinventing it from scratch.

I do think that a lot of the core tenets are widely (if subconsciously) held. As for the ones that aren't widely held, I personally think they should be. But, like any good Neo-Mohist, I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. ;)

The phrasing of this as a philosophy for others to adopt is mostly an aesthetic decision, a reframing to help me look at it more critically.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Neo-Mohism · 2021-06-17T02:07:18.941Z · LW · GW

Thanks for the feedback! 

Basing it on Mohism is more of an aesthetic decision than anything; if classical Mohism has an issue then Neo-Mohism should set out to solve it. :)

I think there's a difference between "no fixed standards" and "the ability to update standards in light of new evidence". Neo-Mohism is definitely about "strong opinions, weakly held" kind of thing. The standards it sets forth are only to be overturned by failing a test, and until then should be treated as the best answer so far.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on A Retrospective Look at the Guild of Servants: Alpha Phase · 2021-03-25T22:12:17.521Z · LW · GW

If you would like to attend a Guild mixer to meet the Council and some of the students, come join us saturday! We expect to do this on a monthly or quarterly basis.

https://bit.ly/3lOco5O

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Meetup Organizers, Our Virtual Garden is at Your Disposal · 2021-01-05T20:58:48.187Z · LW · GW

Never mind, I found your calendly. Got us scheduled for friday. :)

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Meetup Organizers, Our Virtual Garden is at Your Disposal · 2021-01-05T20:37:30.985Z · LW · GW

I would like to get set up! :)

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Petrov Day celebration · 2020-09-07T23:41:15.858Z · LW · GW

Please note that we have added a Google Form for registration, to make sure we have enough food.

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-30T03:16:00.377Z

No, the best way to convince me is to show me data. Evidence I can actually update on, instead of self-reporting on results that may be poisoned by motivated reasoning, or any number of other biases. Data I can show to people who know what they are talking about, that they will take seriously.

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-29T20:09:41.314Z

I see Bayesian Rationality as a methodology as much as it is a calculation. It's being aware of our own prior beliefs, the confidence intervals of those beliefs, keeping those priors as close to the base rates as possible, being cognizant of how our biases can influence our perception of all this, trying to mitigate the effects of those biases, and updating based on the strength of evidence.

I'm trying to get better at math so I can do better calculations. It's a major flaw in my technique I acknowledge and am trying to change.

But as you noted earlier, none of this answers my question. If I am not currently practicing your art, and you believe your art is good, what evidence do you have to support that claim?

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-29T19:56:44.808Z

A strong correlation between adopting the virtues and established methods of rationality, and an increased quality of life, but yeah; more handwavey. I don't even know what calculations could be made. That's sorta why I'm here.

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-29T19:21:38.521Z

Yes, but they could all be explained by the fact I just sat down and bothered to think about the problem, which wouldn't exactly be an amazing endorsement of rationality as a whole.

I also don't look at rationality as merely a set of tools; it's an entire worldview that emphasizes curiosity and a desire to know the truth. If it does improve lives, it might very well simply be making our thinking more robust and streamlined. If so, I wouldn't know how to falsify or quantify that.

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-29T18:48:58.816Z

I ask the question this way to hopefully avoid stepping on toes. I'm fully open to the idea that the answer is "we have none". Also, I am primarily addressing the people who are making a claim. I am not necessarily making a claim myself.

Comment by Senarin on [deleted post] 2019-07-29T00:14:25.555Z

I'm convinced mostly due to its effects on my own life, as stated in the opening paragraph. But I'm unsure of how to test and demonstrate that claim. My question is for my benefit as well as others.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Dojo meetup - hike! · 2019-06-17T13:44:37.387Z · LW · GW

I just realized that I work tomorrow, so we are not doing the hike. Instead, we are doing our usual 6pm meetup at the Johnson County Central Resource Library. We will do our hike next week (June 25th, 9am, Shawnee Lake Dog Park).

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 3 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the 'becoming stronger podcast): Nike Timers · 2019-05-06T04:19:53.866Z · LW · GW

If I find that it does have actual impact on the podcast's effectiveness, then I absolutely will seriously consider changing it. Your criticism has updated me marginally in that direction, but it's not quite enough for me to act on it, particularly since you're the only person to mention it. Thank you for your feedback!

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Against Street Epistemology · 2019-04-25T23:21:26.853Z · LW · GW

I'm sure that there are Street Epistemologists that are guilty of this, but that's literally opposite of what I encourage or practice.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Against Street Epistemology · 2019-04-25T23:03:02.617Z · LW · GW

At its core, SE is merely coaching people in asking the Fundamental Question of Rationality. As an SE-er, it's my way of Raising the Sanity Waterline. It's excellent at circumventing the Backfire Effect.

There are as many motivations for SE as there are practitioners.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). · 2019-04-24T20:32:17.351Z · LW · GW

The Bayesian Conspiracy needs to be updated with Jess as a new host. :)

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). · 2019-04-24T20:30:57.917Z · LW · GW

I didn't even know about this resource. Thanks!

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). · 2019-04-19T03:05:26.544Z · LW · GW

I will be sure to include a transcript in all future episode descriptions/show notes.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). · 2019-04-19T02:21:51.586Z · LW · GW

Done! Link to the transcript has been posted in the description, and also here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjTM4revF1upDvO00y0v8jF8G6HUbcABtFDxVYiLyPc/edit?usp=sharing

Is there a different venue/format for the notes you had in mind?

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Episode 1 of "Tsuyoku Naritai!" (the 'becoming stronger' podcast/YT series). · 2019-04-19T00:49:14.383Z · LW · GW

I'll do that tonight!

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Rationality Dojo · 2019-04-10T17:38:28.376Z · LW · GW

Due to the nature of assembling a bug list, there might not be a whole lot to discuss and do. If we are finished significantly early, we might simply move on to Day 2: 'Yoda Timers'

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Rationality Dojo · 2019-04-03T21:48:17.866Z · LW · GW

The Kansas City Rationalists are putting together a dojo, for the purpose of improving our cognitive abilities, happiness, and efficiency. For content, we will be using the 'Hammertime' sequence. Attendees are expected to read the introduction ('Hammers and Nails') and Day 1 ('Bug Hunt'), as well as put together their bug list. The meeting will consist of meta-discussion about the content, and discussion about our experience putting together our bug lists. Bonus points if you are willing to share the bugs you found!

We will be meeting weekly, at the same time and location.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Can someone design this Google Sheets bug list template for me? · 2019-02-13T07:06:33.384Z · LW · GW

It works perfectly. Thanks again!

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Can someone design this Google Sheets bug list template for me? · 2019-02-09T15:30:13.003Z · LW · GW

That looks perfect! I'll test it out later.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on If Rationality can be likened to a 'Martial Art', what would be the Forms? · 2019-02-06T23:48:32.897Z · LW · GW

My IRL rationality group is preparing to test that sequence. It looks promising, although we do have some quibbles with it. If we successfully finish testing, we'll publish the details.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on If Rationality can be likened to a 'Martial Art', what would be the Forms? · 2019-02-06T16:39:58.147Z · LW · GW

This may seem stupid, but I didn't even think about doing odds calibration on such a small scale. That's a great idea. Making a pinned Google Keep note now.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Applied Rationality podcast - feedback? · 2019-02-03T14:20:08.411Z · LW · GW

Good point.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Applied Rationality podcast - feedback? · 2019-02-02T00:21:55.218Z · LW · GW

I was thinking "Tsuyoku Naritai". 😊

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on What is Wrong? · 2019-02-01T21:10:45.398Z · LW · GW

If I understand you correctly, I wholeheartedly agree that "Less Wrong" is not just referring to a dichotomy of "what is true" and "what is wrong" (although that is part of it, ala 'Map and Territory').

There's a reason rationality is often called "systemized winning"; while the goals that you are trying to win are entirely subjective, rationality can help you decide what is most optimal in your pursuit of goal Y.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Applied Rationality podcast - feedback? · 2019-02-01T00:24:20.467Z · LW · GW

Thank you for the encouragement! I hope I didn't sound like I was fishing for that. I just wanted to emphasize my desire to seek any other more optimal paths.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on Applied Rationality podcast - feedback? · 2019-02-01T00:23:24.382Z · LW · GW

Good idea! Get comfortable with my own journey before using someone else's. Makes sense.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on LW/SSC Mixer · 2019-01-14T05:56:43.527Z · LW · GW

Yes! The facebook event page links to our Facebook group.

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on What does it mean to "believe" a thing to be true? · 2018-12-27T14:44:19.906Z · LW · GW

Just listened to that about 10 minutes ago. Good sequence. When you say "assumption", I hear "a thing that is accepted to be true".

What changes in cognition when something is accepted as true?

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on New edition of "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" · 2018-12-17T05:44:43.324Z · LW · GW

Please have a non-leather hardcover option for us vegans. :)

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on New edition of "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" · 2018-12-17T05:43:21.605Z · LW · GW

Please no real leather for us vegans. :)

Comment by Bae's Theorem (Senarin) on New edition of "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" · 2018-12-16T06:19:43.201Z · LW · GW

No hardcover option?