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Maybe a relevant read: http://lesswrong.com/lw/k9/the_logical_fallacy_of_generalization_from/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/k9/the_logical_fallacy_of_generaliza... Y

Maybe a relevant read: http://lesswrong.com/lw/k9/the_logical_fallacy_of_generalization_from/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/k9/the_logical_fallacy_of_generaliza... Yudkowsky's post doesn't support your argument, but I think you've identified one weakness of his argument - by being influential fiction can be its own self-fulfilling prophecy.

sireat 11y ago
An example relevant to 2015: we wouldn't have so many hoverboard related startups/projects if not for Back to the future. No matter how aware you are of your fallacies and biases (as Kahneman attests) you are still influenced by them.