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Rationality Vienna Hike 2022-06-15T22:11:06.673Z
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Rationality Vienna Meetup 2021 August 2021-08-10T07:45:04.025Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup July 2020 2020-07-14T13:06:10.730Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, February 2020 2020-02-08T11:19:23.220Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, September 2019 2019-08-22T09:02:59.362Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, December 2018 2018-12-02T11:04:37.039Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, October 2018 2018-10-16T14:51:40.409Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, September 2018 2018-09-15T19:32:16.581Z
Rationality Vienna Meetup, June 2018-06-17T19:42:35.105Z

Comments

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on On Tapping Out · 2023-11-17T15:03:29.556Z · LW · GW

Interesting to contrast with Leave a Line of Retreat:

leave yourself a line of retreat, so that you will have less trouble retreating

There, you leave a line of retreat for yourself; here, for your conversation partner.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on I bet everyone 1000€ that I can make them dramatically happier & cure their depression in 3 months! · 2023-06-17T10:03:22.067Z · LW · GW

if someone is stressed or sleep-deprived because of work, then surely taking vacations will have positive effects.

 

If someone’s mental health problems are caused only by insufficient free time/energy/sleep, then yes. I’d wager the majority of depression cases are caused by work-independent internal factors, and either would resolve on their own (even while working) or would not resolve even when taking three months off.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Conversations on Alcohol Consumption · 2022-11-03T13:21:56.959Z · LW · GW

After my fair share of drinks during university, I rarely drink in the last 7 years – approx. since I joined the Rationalist communities –, even when others in my group are drinking hard.

Bit of a counterpoint to the post. Usually, I can trust a person more once we've gone drinking together; but interestingly, I can Rationalists relatively quickly without any drinks. (As a person, not necessarily as a friend.) Maybe this is because of the much stronger internal consistency of the community members, and that their statements can very often be taken at face value? There are still people in the community whom my intuition does not fully trust (not for tangible reasons), and I believe our relationship would benefit from drinking enough that both of us feel the lack of self-inhibition in the other person, effectively acting as a Veritaserum. (I don't insist on alcohol; open to suggestions for other drugs.) Unfortunately, I haven't had more than a couple beers with any LW community member, that would probably be an interesting experience.

However, some of the best gatherings I've had were with sober people (almost always in the LW community), and these were great partly because everyone was sober. If for nothing else, I applaud your experiment and the mindset you and your friends described.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on How I fixed exercise · 2022-03-26T22:37:22.179Z · LW · GW

Great post, I especially liked the "triggers to pick up the habit again" section.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Ukraine Post #2: Options · 2022-03-13T00:53:47.496Z · LW · GW

The linked website for military assistance (war.ukraine.ua) is dubious. Donations in fiat currencies are better done at the addresses listed on the official website: https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/support-the-armed-forces

Couple telltale signs:

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Bayeswatch 12: The Singularity War · 2021-10-19T16:41:01.943Z · LW · GW

A regular female name, short for Vivien. For a real example, see Vi Hart: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on My experience at and around MIRI and CFAR (inspired by Zoe Curzi's writeup of experiences at Leverage) · 2021-10-18T14:34:19.926Z · LW · GW

Meditation is quite different as in it's more of a state of mind as opposed to an altered mentality. With psychedelics there is a clear distinction between when you are tripping and when you aren't tripping.

However, according to some, even meditation done properly can have negative effects, which would be similar to psychedelics but manifesting slower and through your own effort. Quoted from the book review:

Once you have meditated enough to reach the A&P Event, you’re stuck in the (very unpleasant) Dark Night Of The Soul until you can meditate your way out of it, which could take months or years.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Vienna, Austria – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021 · 2021-10-04T16:01:59.699Z · LW · GW

Thanks to everyone who came!

Scott's meetup organizer @mingyuan asked participants to fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/Nqx7ShVcfS4tyfQP7

Thanks to @mingyuan for the assistance and the financial support. Self-ordered take-out food was reimbursed up to 10 EUR / person.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Vienna, Austria – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021 · 2021-10-02T11:16:24.182Z · LW · GW

We are at https://what3words.com/tulip.graceful.agreeing

Northeast from Johann Strauss, under the trees. NOT the other big group closer to the statue.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Vienna, Austria – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021 · 2021-10-01T18:02:30.394Z · LW · GW

Looking for help to bring edible stuff to Stadtpark.

Requirements: ability to carry ~15 kg for 900 meters (backpack provided), optionally stopping at every corner.

EDIT: thanks to Axel and Attila, now the problem is solved! We won't die of thirst.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Vienna, Austria – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021 · 2021-09-29T19:03:56.036Z · LW · GW

Hello everyone! I'm the new organizer.

As Scott said, please feel free to come even if you feel awkward about it, even if you’re not “the typical ACX reader”, if you haven't read a post in a while, even if you’re worried people won’t like you, etc, etc, etc.

COVID requirements: You are required to be verifiably vaccinated or recovered or PCR-tested after 30 September 5pm. I will check this and then you can lose LW karma. Officials could check this, and then I will lose real-life karma. (Antigen tests are not sufficient as per the new regulations.)

This will be a stationary meetup in Stadtpark on the grass, so bring a blanket to sit on if you can.

Food:

  • Refreshments will be provided.
  • If you're a baking or cooking master, your goodies will be much appreciated.
  • We'll order take-outs around 2pm.

You can register for future meetups at this sign-up sheet. Or you can join other ACX readers in Vienna on Discord here: https://discord.gg/2q8EANfW

If you are strongly against appearing on my photos, please say that to me upon arrival.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Rationality Vienna Meetup 2021 August · 2021-08-10T07:47:33.535Z · LW · GW

I was told that Jacob Falkovich is very likely joining 🙂

Comment by Treszkai on [deleted post] 2021-06-30T21:56:25.995Z

One more typo: " You've changed, though Harry. "

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Bayeswatch 3: A Study in Scarlet · 2021-06-12T18:05:59.655Z · LW · GW

Typo:

It's heat shield burned away.

It's » Its

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Where do LessWrong rationalists debate? · 2021-05-10T20:36:51.653Z · LW · GW

There is a Telegram group called “Less Wrong”, which mostly consists of participants of the European Less Wrong Community Weekend. There are on average 1-2 topics, 30 messages a day.

I suspect this group can’t be shared via link, so PM me with your Telegram ID and I can add you to it.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Where do LessWrong rationalists debate? · 2021-05-02T10:07:32.537Z · LW · GW

most members are passive.

I suspect most members are even inactive there.

I assume only 30-50 read or write comments, suggesting that the group is far from Dunbar's number.

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate? · 2019-09-22T12:50:34.344Z · LW · GW

I recall Rhonda Patrick suggesting the TheraZinc oral spray (citation needed), which contains zinc gluconate. Unfortunately, it's a US-only product. (https://quantumhealth.com/shop/product/therazinc-oral-spray)

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on SSC Meetups Everywhere: Vienna, Austria · 2019-09-22T11:11:02.780Z · LW · GW

Directions to the meetup room:

Common room of Kaisermuehlenstrasse 24

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Rationality Vienna Meetup April 2019 · 2019-04-19T16:03:42.043Z · LW · GW

Talk topic has been settled: Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson's book, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life http://elephantinthebrain.com

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Rationality Vienna Meetup April 2019 · 2019-04-18T08:11:30.459Z · LW · GW

Instructions on how to find the meetup room:

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZGJrE7Z8p72zalBbmH4xELOhiViwHpLNhpy

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Buridan's ass in coordination games · 2018-07-17T07:02:29.915Z · LW · GW

True, they will fail to cooperate for some R, but the values of such R have a low probability. (But yeah, it's also required that uy and R are chosen independently—otherwise an adversary could just choose either so that it results in the players choosing different actions.)

The smoothness comes in from marginalising a random R. The coordination comes from making R and ε common knowledge, so they cooperate using the correlation in their observations—an interesting phenomenon.

(How can I write LaTeX in the comments?)

Comment by Laszlo_Treszkai (Treszkai) on Counterfactual Mugging Poker Game · 2018-06-24T11:01:40.172Z · LW · GW

The game is indeed a clean example of Glomarization.

I might have misunderstood your main point, which I interpret as: “because of the counterfactual that I could have gotten a high card in this game, I shouldn't reveal a low card with probability 1.” Are you sure that it's because of the counterfactual in the current game, and not the possible consequences in my later interactions with B?

I would reveal my card if the game was truly unique, in that zero information leaks out. (Suppose B's memories of this game are erased afterwards.)

In real life, my decision would affect Player B's image of me, which affects how he will reason about similar games against me in the future. (And even how people close to him will reason about people like me.)

A multi-agent influence diagram on the iterated version shows how one can screw himself over in later games. If A first hides, then B cannot update her model of A:

If A first reveals a low card, then a pattern that's almost-but-not-quite-like Newcomb's is revealed: