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This rather long article saying nothing (weird, because I love his other stuff) reinforces my continually growing belief that "general knowledge" is not a parti

by jrm4 5y ago

This rather long article saying nothing (weird, because I love his other stuff) reinforces my continually growing belief that "general knowledge" is not a particularly clear or useful construct, especially beyond a certain threshhold. (This is also why A.I. is wildly and absurdly overblown.) There are groups and pockets of people who believe sets of things; some are more robust than others probably because they get tested via skin-in-the-game means.

whimsicalism 5y ago
> (weird, because I love his other stuff) Mind an example? I'm curious, because I so far have not been blown away by the writing of the rationalist-adjacent subcommunity.
- jrm4 5y ago
  Addendum. Now that I go back and read it, it was that I remember loving it back when I read it, and offhand for me I'm realizing it was before I discovered Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who does most of what this guy does, but way better; e.g. the basic prinicple of "skin-in-the-game" very easily does the plodding work of "Beware The Man..."
- mistermann 5y ago
  A few of my favorites: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin... "Top 10": https://slatestarcodex.com/about/ https://slatestarcodex.com/about/
- jrm4 5y ago
  This was the one for me. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...
- darawk 5y ago
  This is probably his most widely appealing post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-study/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-... All the ones listed here are pretty good too: https://slatestarcodex.com/about/ https://slatestarcodex.com/about/

by jrm4 5y ago

whimsicalism 5y ago

> (weird, because I love his other stuff) Mind an example? I'm curious, because I so far have not been blown away by the writing of the rationalist-adjacent subcommunity.

jrm4 5y ago
Addendum. Now that I go back and read it, it was that I remember loving it back when I read it, and offhand for me I'm realizing it was before I discovered Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who does most of what this guy does, but way better; e.g. the basic prinicple of "skin-in-the-game" very easily does the plodding work of "Beware The Man..."
mistermann 5y ago
A few of my favorites: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin... "Top 10": https://slatestarcodex.com/about/ https://slatestarcodex.com/about/
jrm4 5y ago
This was the one for me. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...
darawk 5y ago
This is probably his most widely appealing post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-study/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-... All the ones listed here are pretty good too: https://slatestarcodex.com/about/ https://slatestarcodex.com/about/