what is cool about that post is it self-demonstrating nature. like the maze, it give explanation that give less precise map of the world, with less prediction power then more standard model. and it give more pessimistic and cynical explanation. you trade off your precision and prediction power to be cynical and pessimistic!
and now i can formalize what i didn’t like abut this branch of rationality. it’s look like cynicism is their bottom line. they already convinced in the depth of their heart that the most pessimistic theory is true, and now they are ready to bite the bitter bullet.
but from the side, i see no supporting evidence. this is not how people behave. the predictions created by such theories are wrong. it’s so strange thing to write on the bottom line! but being unpleasant not making something true, more then being pleasant make it true.
and as Wizard’s first rule say, people believe things they want to believe or things the afraid to believe...
what is cool about that post is it self-demonstrating nature. like the maze, it give explanation that give less precise map of the world, with less prediction power then more standard model. and it give more pessimistic and cynical explanation. you trade off your precision and prediction power to be cynical and pessimistic!
and now i can formalize what i didn’t like abut this branch of rationality. it’s look like cynicism is their bottom line. they already convinced in the depth of their heart that the most pessimistic theory is true, and now they are ready to bite the bitter bullet.
but from the side, i see no supporting evidence. this is not how people behave. the predictions created by such theories are wrong. it’s so strange thing to write on the bottom line! but being unpleasant not making something true, more then being pleasant make it true.
and as Wizard’s first rule say, people believe things they want to believe or things the afraid to believe...