Is there a list of rationality one-liners that can possibly actually make you more rational? Just barely enough words to be saying something rather than nothing, and to have it maybe land. Eg
Wide mugs are always bigger than tall mugs.
newyep:newnope = oldyep * chanceifyep : oldnope * chanceifnope (assuming independent events!)
Tasks take sample(lognormal(median)) hours to complete.
If it took you a long time to think of something, then figure out how you coulda figured it out faster. Then next time figure fast.
People care very much what words you choose to convey the same meaning. They really really care.
Can your explain the mugs one?
Though it’s of course not literally true, I believe it refers to the fact that a mug’s volume scales as width^2 but only height^1
Yeah it is a popular psychology experiment to trick people with container shapes.
Is there a list of rationality one-liners that can possibly actually make you more rational? Just barely enough words to be saying something rather than nothing, and to have it maybe land. Eg
Wide mugs are always bigger than tall mugs.
newyep:newnope = oldyep * chanceifyep : oldnope * chanceifnope (assuming independent events!)
Tasks take sample(lognormal(median)) hours to complete.
If it took you a long time to think of something, then figure out how you coulda figured it out faster. Then next time figure fast.
People care very much what words you choose to convey the same meaning. They really really care.
Can your explain the mugs one?
Though it’s of course not literally true, I believe it refers to the fact that a mug’s volume scales as width^2 but only height^1
Yeah it is a popular psychology experiment to trick people with container shapes.