In every art, if you do not seek perfection you will halt before taking your first steps.
Is this actually true, though? Can’t help but ponder about this generalization/hyperbole.
Bruno Vieira
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Be faithless to your cause and betray it to a stronger enemy.
This is such an incredible quote. I feel like I could write a whole essay on this.
you should substitute more specific language in place of “rational”: “The self-benefiting thing to do is to run away, but I hope I would at least try to drag the child off the railroad tracks,”
Wouldn’t it be correct to say that it would be ‘instrumentally rational’ to run away in this case? It sounds rational to me, as far as you ‘winning’ means you ‘surviving’.
As a new user, and a novice in rational discourse, I absolutely agree with you here (though I’m not sure how much validation you might get from this comment, if any).
As is the case with any source of information (outside or inside LW), it is extremely important to doubt and question its validity, and I think that this is not intuitive, and rather hard for most people. Your guidelines helped solidify some thoughts that I previously had about better communication (truth seeking), while giving me insights on things I was probably doing wrong.
As far as an introductory course goes, this post is excellent. I do think that it could be made simpler, in the sense that newcomers might not be familiar with a majority of the terms presented (I myself had to stop several times to research on them), but that, is in a way, an appropriate introduction to the hardships of rationality (I learned a lot).
Newcomers should all strive to make individual modifications, but only after they grasp what the intentions behind the guideline.
Mr. Lsusr, I thoroughly appreciated the post. It was very didactic and I feel like I could teach way better if I were to.
But that said, I feel like I should warn you of something.
It’s clear you are very knowledgeable. Your video on finance 101 was quite interesting, and you seem to question what most people don’t. A quality I find most valuable. Nonetheless, I find the manner with which you portray yourself to be lacking. I’m not sure if it was due to excitement, joy, or if it was the genre of communication of your choice, but I could feel a tinge of arrogance behind your words. It’s a problem I face constantly as well, so I can guess what you might feel about this comment. Perhaps you could share your take on this?
Aside from that, I feel like you could become way more credible if you fixed your posture and/or your wardrobe? Not that you dress terribly, but, you know… (I’m aware it the video wasn’t supposed to be formal. It’s just something to keep in mind)
Looking forward to other posts from you.
Regards,
‘I am deciding if I should do a Sequence for this idea of “rulial cover” which is how rulial deduction can be applied to Solomonoff induction and Bayesian abduction’
I don’t really know what you mean, but if it’s something unseen you can expect it to be useful!