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Valence is a core dimension shared by all affective states: it is what makes certain experiences feel good or bad to varying degrees.

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Logarithmic Scales of Pleasure and Pain: Rating, Ranking, and Comparing Peak Experiences Suggest the Existence of Long Tails for Bliss and Suffering

· 4y ago · 51m read

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Just Look At The Thing! – How The Science of Consciousness Informs Ethics

· 1y ago · 11m read

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Rethink Priorities’ Welfare Range Estimates

· 1y ago · 19m read

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An Introduction to the Moral Weight Project

· 1y ago · 11m read

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Differences in the Intensity of Valenced Experience across Species

Jason Schukraft

· 3y ago · 62m read

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If Adult Insects Matter, How Much Do Juveniles Matter?

· 10mo ago · 30m read

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Qualia Research Institute: History & 2021 Strategy

· 3y ago · 13m read

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Podcast: solving consciousness and sabotaging the hedonic treadmill

· 4y ago · 2m read

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A review of what affective neuroscience knows about suffering & valence. (TLDR: Affective Neuroscience is very confused about what suffering is.)

· 7y ago · 15m read

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[Link] How understanding valence could help make future AIs safer

· 3y ago · 3m read

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QRI and the Symmetry Theory of Valence

· 3y ago · 1m read

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Logarithmic Scales of Pleasure and Pain (@Effective Altruism NYC)

· 4y ago · 2m read

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New 4-hour podcast about the future of consciousness with Andrés Gómez Emilsson from the Qualia Research Institute

· 3y ago · 1m read

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The Welfare Range Table

· 1y ago · 10m read

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Why Neuron Counts Shouldn't Be Used as Proxies for Moral Weight

· 1y ago · 11m read

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