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Traditional Rationality is phrased in terms of social rules, with violations interpretable as cheating - as defections from cooperative norms. If you want me to accept a belief from you, you are obligated to provide me with a certain amount of evidence. If you try to get out of it, we all know you're cheating on your obligation. A theory is obligated to make bold predictions for itself, not just steal predictions that other theories have labored to make. A theory is obligated to expose itself to falsification - if it tries to duck out, that's like trying to duck out of a fearsome initiation ritual; you must pay your dues. | Traditional Rationality is phrased in terms of social rules, with violations interpretable as cheating - as defections from cooperative norms. If you want me to accept a belief from you, you are obligated to provide me with a certain amount of evidence. If you try to get out of it, we all know you're cheating on your obligation. A theory is obligated to make bold predictions for itself, not just steal predictions that other theories have labored to make. A theory is obligated to expose itself to falsification - if it tries to duck out, that's like trying to duck out of a fearsome initiation ritual; you must pay your dues. | ||
|[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k1/no_one_can_exempt_you_from_rationalitys_laws/ No One Can Exempt You From Rationality's Laws]}} | |[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k1/no_one_can_exempt_you_from_rationalitys_laws/ No One Can Exempt You From Rationality's Laws]}} | ||
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| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/k1/no_one_can_exempt_you_from_rationalitys_laws/ No One Can Exempt You From Rationality's Laws] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | ||
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/iy/my_wild_and_reckless_youth/ My Wild and Reckless Youth] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | ||
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/q9/the_failures_of_eld_science/ The Failures of Eld Science] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | ||
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*[[Scales of justice fallacy]] | *[[Scales of justice fallacy]] | ||
*[[Epistemic hygiene]], [[Absurdity heuristic]] | *[[Epistemic hygiene]], [[Absurdity heuristic]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:59, 29 September 2009
Traditional Rationality is phrased in terms of social rules, with violations interpretable as cheating - as defections from cooperative norms. If you want me to accept a belief from you, you are obligated to provide me with a certain amount of evidence. If you try to get out of it, we all know you're cheating on your obligation. A theory is obligated to make bold predictions for itself, not just steal predictions that other theories have labored to make. A theory is obligated to expose itself to falsification - if it tries to duck out, that's like trying to duck out of a fearsome initiation ritual; you must pay your dues.
Blog posts
- No One Can Exempt You From Rationality's Laws by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- My Wild and Reckless Youth by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- The Failures of Eld Science by Eliezer Yudkowsky
