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De­cou­pling vs Contextualizing

TagLast edit: 11 Sep 2025 3:44 UTC by August Morley

The extent to which ideas are presented alongside the potential implications of the idea lies along a spectrum. On one end is the Decoupling norm, where the idea is considered in utter isolation from potential implications. At the other is the Contextualizing norm, where ideas are examined alongside much or all relevant context.

Posts marked with this tag discuss the merits of each frame, consider which norm is more prevalent in certain settings, present case studies in decoupling vs decontextualizing, present techniques for effectively decoupling context from one’s reasoning process, or similar ideas.

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De­cou­pling vs Con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing Norms

Chris_Leong14 May 2018 22:44 UTC
170 points
52 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

Policy dis­cus­sions fol­low strong con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing norms

Richard_Ngo1 Apr 2023 23:51 UTC
231 points
61 comments3 min readLW link

Lo­cal Val­idity as a Key to San­ity and Civilization

Eliezer Yudkowsky7 Apr 2018 4:25 UTC
228 points
68 comments13 min readLW link5 reviews

Rele­vance Norms; Or, Gricean Im­pli­ca­ture Queers the De­cou­pling/​Con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing Binary

Zack_M_Davis22 Nov 2019 6:18 UTC
100 points
30 comments3 min readLW link3 reviews

Tech­ni­cal Claims

Vladimir_Nesov3 Apr 2025 0:30 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Wor­ri­some mi­s­un­der­stand­ing of the core is­sues with AI transition

Roman Leventov18 Jan 2024 10:05 UTC
5 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

The Con­text is Conflict

Jacob Falkovich18 May 2018 2:16 UTC
29 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Coun­ter­ing Self-De­cep­tion: When De­cou­pling, When De­con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing?

a gently pricked vein10 Dec 2020 15:28 UTC
2 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Monty Hall in the Wild

Jacob Falkovich6 Jun 2018 18:03 UTC
24 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Truth­seek­ing is the ground in which other prin­ci­ples grow

Elizabeth27 May 2024 1:09 UTC
251 points
16 comments16 min readLW link
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