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| − | '''Curiosity stopper''', or '''semantic stopsign''' is an event that convinces a person to stop pursuing the [[truth]] in some matter without finding the answer. Often a confusing response that looks like an answer, but actually isn't. Can preserve [[improper belief|incorrect beliefs]] for a long time. A tool of [[dark arts]] and important part of any [[anti-epistemology]].
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| − | When specific words act as stopsigns, placing a [[rationalist taboo]] on them may help. [[Epistemic hygiene]] allows to exclude some of the stopsigns raised by [[arguments as soldiers|partial arguers]].
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Curiosity]]
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| − | *[[Improper belief]]
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| − | *[[Anti-epistemology]]
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| − | *[[Futility of chaos]]
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| − | ==Blog posts==
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| − | =====Posts by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]]:=====
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/it/semantic_stopsigns/ Semantic Stopsigns]
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/iu/mysterious_answers_to_mysterious_questions/ Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions]
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ip/fake_explanations/ Fake Explanations]
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/j3/science_as_curiositystopper/ "Science" as Curiosity-Stopper]
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/j2/explainworshipignore/ Explain/Worship/Ignore?]
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| − | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/iv/the_futility_of_emergence/ The Futility of Emergence]
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