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Line 1: {{~~work~~website}} {{quote\|''"Uncertainty exists in the map, not in the territory."''\|''[http://lesswrong.com/lw/oj/probability_is_in_the_mind Eliezer Yudkowsky (Less Wrong)]''}} [http://lesswrong.com/ Less Wrong] is a community blog devoted to rationality. Contributors draw upon many scientific disciplines for their posts, from quantum physics and Bayesian probability to psychology and sociology. The blog focuses on human flaws that lead to misconceptions about the sciences. It's a gold mine for interesting ideas and unusual views on any subject. The clear writing style makes complex ideas easy to understand. The mainstream community on Less Wrong is firmly atheistic. A good number of contributors are computer professionals. Some, like founder [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]], work in the field of [[Artificial Intelligence]]; particularly, Less Wrong has roots in Yudkowsky's effort to design “Friendly AI”<ref>[[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot\|AI That Is]] [[Averted Trope\|Not A Crapshoot]]</ref>, and as a result often uses AI or transhumanist elements in examples (though this is also so as to speak of minds-in-general, as contrasted with our particular human minds). * [[Three Worlds Collide]] is [http://lesswrong.com/lw/y4/three_worlds_collide_08/ hosted here]. * [[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Methods of Rationality]] is occasionally [https://web.archive.org/web/20130729214824/http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/tag/harry_potter/ discussed here]. ---- {{tropelist}} * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: Some in the Less Wrong community hope to achieve this through [[Human Popsicle\|cryonics]]. * [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: One of the core concepts of Friendly AI is that it's entirely possible to make something as capable as a human being that has completely alien goals. Luckily, there's already an example of [http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/ an 'optimization process' completely unlike a human mind] right here on Earth that we can use to see how good we are at truly understanding the concept. {{quote\|"The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else."}}