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Essays on in-group bias

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Nov 12, 2010LW

Diplomacy as a Game Theory Laboratory

Scott analyzes seven game theory concepts through his experiences playing Diplomacy, demonstrating how trust, enforcement mechanisms, revenge, and coalition-building work in practice, then proposes organizing a game among Less Wrong readers.

25 min read 3,818 words

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Mar 25, 2009LW

Fight Biases, or Route Around Them?

Scott distinguishes between bias as a cognitive process versus bias as a faulty belief, then proposes using the Implicit Association Test to empirically test whether debiasing techniques work by either fighting bias directly or routing around it.

10 min read 1,518 words

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