I’m looking for a piece in the rationalist sphere, I think from 2018.
The section I remember talks about how if someone asks you what you’re watching on TV, that updates your model of the world in several simultaneous ways, some true and some not. The point of the piece is that you can’t “just tell the truth.” No matter what you do or say, you will update people in the correct way, but also update people in other incorrect ways.
I thought it was called “You can’t just tell the truth” or “The Impossibility of Just Telling the Truth” or something like this, but I’m not finding anything
I’m looking for a piece in the rationalist sphere, I think from 2018.
The section I remember talks about how if someone asks you what you’re watching on TV, that updates your model of the world in several simultaneous ways, some true and some not. The point of the piece is that you can’t “just tell the truth.” No matter what you do or say, you will update people in the correct way, but also update people in other incorrect ways.
I thought it was called “You can’t just tell the truth” or “The Impossibility of Just Telling the Truth” or something like this, but I’m not finding anything
Was it https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/just-saying-what-you-mean-is-impossible/?