Packet 10: Tossup 22

A “shadow” denoted by this adjective masks certain negative events according to a paper co-authored by Milan Ćirković. A statement denoted by this adjective inspired Ian Hacking’s “inverse gambler’s fallacy” (-5[1])and is opposed (15[1])by John Leslie’s firing squad example. The “self-sampling assumption” and “self-indication assumption” account for a form of “bias” (15[1])denoted by this adjective (15[1])that titles a book (15[1])by (*) Nick (-5[1])Bostrom (10[1])and causes “observation (-5[1])selection effects.” This adjective denotes a statement (-5[1])whose “weak” and “strong” forms (10[4])differ (-5[1])on the necessity of observed fundamental constants. The siblings (10[1])Daniela (10[1])and Dario Amodei co-founded a startup named (10[2])for this adjective that makes the LLM Claude. (10[7]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])a “principle” regarding a universe (10[1])with intelligent life is denoted by what (10[1])adjective from the Greek for “human”? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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