It’s nice to see that even Eliezer can be shockingly stupid.
How is that good?
Well, it makes us feel better about ourselves? Pity about the whole FAI thing though...
Making us reap good feelings from downward social comparison.
Naughty brains, love those tricks.
We didn’t need that particular example for that—it’s just one that you immediately recognize as being shockingly stupid.
When we’re as shockingly stupid on something as the person we’re examining, we don’t notice their error, because it’s ours as well.
It’s nice to see that even Eliezer can be shockingly stupid.
How is that good?
Well, it makes us feel better about ourselves? Pity about the whole FAI thing though...
Making us reap good feelings from downward social comparison.
Naughty brains, love those tricks.
We didn’t need that particular example for that—it’s just one that you immediately recognize as being shockingly stupid.
When we’re as shockingly stupid on something as the person we’re examining, we don’t notice their error, because it’s ours as well.