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“Keltham’s Lectures in Project Lawful” by Morpheus

2025/4/1
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Project Lawful is really long. If anyone wants to go back to one of Keltham's lectures, here's a list with links to all the lectures. In principle, one could also read these without having read the rest of project lawful, I am not sure how easy it would be to follow though. I included short excerpts, so that you can also find the sections in the e-book.

Happy reading/listening:

** Lecture on "absolute basics of lawfulness":**

Podcast Episode 9, minute 26

Keltham takes their scrambling-time as a pause in which to think. It's been a long time, at least by the standards of his total life lived so far, since the very basics were explained to him.

** Lecture on heredity (evolution) and simulation games:**

Podcast Episode 15, minute 1

To make sure everybody starts out on the same page, Keltham will quickly summarize [...]


Outline:

(00:33) Lecture on absolute basics of lawfulness:

(00:53) Lecture on heredity (evolution) and simulation games:

(01:13) Lecture on negotiation:

(01:29) Probability 1:

(01:46) Probability 2:

(01:55) Utility:

(02:11) Probable Utility:

(02:22) Cooperation 1:

(02:35) Cooperation 2:

(02:55) Lecture on Governance:

(03:12) To hell with science:

(03:26) To earth with science:

(03:43) Chemistry lecture:

(03:53) Lecture on how to relate to beliefs (Belief in Belief etc.):

(04:12) The alien maths of dath ilan:

(04:28) What the truth can destroy:

(04:46) Lecture on wants:

(05:03) Acknowledgement


First published: April 1st, 2025

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pqFFy6CmSgjNzDaHt/keltham-s-lectures-in-project-lawful)

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