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'''''Map and Territory''''' is the first book contained in the ebook ''[[Rationality: From AI to Zombies]]'', by Eliezer Yudkowsky. It is the edited and expanded version of [[Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions|a series of blog posts in "the Sequences"]], and discusses the nature of rationality, belief, and explanation.

''Map and Territory'' contains four sequences of essays, which are followed by the stand-alone essay [http://www.yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth/ The Simple Truth]. These are all collected in the ''Rationality: From AI to Zombies'' ebook, but the essay names below are also linked to the original blog posts.

The next book in the series is ''[[How to Actually Change Your Mind]]''.

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===A. Predictably Wrong===
:1. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/31/what_do_we_mean_by_rationality/ What Do I Mean By “Rationality”?]
:2. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/hp/feeling_rational/ Feeling Rational]
:3. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/go/why_truth_and/ Why Truth? And…]
:4. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/gp/whats_a_bias_again/ … What’s a Bias, Again?]
:5. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/j5/availability/ Availability]
:6. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jk/burdensome_details/ Burdensome Details]
:7. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jg/planning_fallacy/ Planning Fallacy]
:8. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ke/illusion_of_transparency_why_no_one_understands/ Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You]
:9. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/kg/expecting_short_inferential_distances/ Expecting Short Inferential Distances]
:10. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jm/the_lens_that_sees_its_flaws/ The Lens That Sees Its Own Flaws]

===B. Fake Beliefs===
:11. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i3/making_beliefs_pay_rent_in_anticipated_experiences/ Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)]
:12. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/gt/a_fable_of_science_and_politics/ A Fable of Science and Politics]
:13. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ Belief in Belief]
:14. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i5/bayesian_judo/ Bayesian Judo]
:15. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/yp/pretending_to_be_wise/ Pretending to be Wise]
:16. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i8/religions_claim_to_be_nondisprovable/ Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable]
:17. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i6/professing_and_cheering/ Professing and Cheering]
:18. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/i7/belief_as_attire/ Belief as Attire]
:19. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jb/applause_lights/ Applause Lights]

===C. Noticing Confusion===
:20. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ia/focus_your_uncertainty/ Focus Your Uncertainty]
:21. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jl/what_is_evidence/ What is Evidence?]
:22. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/in/scientific_evidence_legal_evidence_rational/ Scientific Evidence, Legal Evidence, Rational Evidence]
:23. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jn/how_much_evidence_does_it_take/ How Much Evidence Does it Take?]
:24. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jo/einsteins_arrogance/ Einstein's Arrogance]
:25. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/jp/occams_razor/ Occam's Razor]
:26. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/if/your_strength_as_a_rationalist/ Your Strength As A Rationalist]
:27. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/ Absence of Evidence ''is'' Evidence of Absence]
:28. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/ Conservation of Expected Evidence]
:29. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/im/hindsight_devalues_science/ Hindsight Devalues Science]

===D. Mysterious Answers===
:30. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ip/fake_explanations/ Fake Explanations]
:31. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iq/guessing_the_teachers_password/ Guessing the Teacher's Password]
:32. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ir/science_as_attire/ Science as Attire]
:33. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/is/fake_causality/ Fake Causality]
:34. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/it/semantic_stopsigns/ Semantic Stopsigns]
:35. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iu/mysterious_answers_to_mysterious_questions/ Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions]
:36. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iv/the_futility_of_emergence/ The Futility of Emergence]
:37. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ix/say_not_complexity/ Say Not "Complexity"]
:38. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iw/positive_bias_look_into_the_dark/ Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark]
:39. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/vo/lawful_uncertainty/ Lawful Uncertainty]
:40. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iy/my_wild_and_reckless_youth/ My Wild and Reckless Youth]
:41. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/iz/failing_to_learn_from_history/ Failing to Learn from History]
:42. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/j0/making_history_available/ Making History Available]
:43. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/j2/explainworshipignore/ Explain/Worship/Ignore?]
:44. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/j3/science_as_curiositystopper/ "Science" as Curiosity-Stopper]
:45. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/la/truly_part_of_you/ Truly Part of You]

===Addendum===
: [http://www.yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth/ The Simple Truth]

==Alternative Formats==

* Podcast: http://castify.co/channels/4-less-wrong-map-and-territory
* [http://readlists.com/945760cf/ Readlists] - export to eBook formats via Readability

==See also==

*[[Map and territory]]
*[[Rationality]], [[Truth]], [[Evidence]]
*[[Priors]], [[Occam's razor]]
*[[Improper belief]]
*[[Lawful intelligence]]

[[Category:Sequences]]