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*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/18b/reason_as_memetic_immune_disorder/ Reason as memetic immune disorder] by [[Phil Goetz]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/18b/reason_as_memetic_immune_disorder/ Reason as memetic immune disorder] by [[Phil Goetz]] | ||
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1mh/what_is_in_that_click/ That Magical Click] - Fast following of short inference chains might be a capability of people who fail to compartmentalize | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1mh/what_is_in_that_click/ That Magical Click] - Fast following of short inference chains might be a capability of people who fail to compartmentalize | ||
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q6/compartmentalization_in_epistemic_and/ Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality] by [[Anna Salamon]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:25, 19 September 2010
Compartmentalization, or division of types of activity on separate magisteria is a tendency to restrict application of a generally-applicable skill, such as scientific method, only to select few contexts. More generally, the concept refers to not following a piece of knowledge to its logical conclusion, or not taking it seriously.
Blog posts
- Outside the Laboratory
- Reason as memetic immune disorder by Phil Goetz
- That Magical Click - Fast following of short inference chains might be a capability of people who fail to compartmentalize
- Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality by Anna Salamon
See also
- Semantic stopsign, Anti-epistemology
- Cached thought
- Shut up and multiply, Bite the bullet, Absurdity heuristic
- Dangerous knowledge
- General knowledge, Understanding
