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It's a good heuristic if you just want to be right more often, but if you want to find new good ideas then it'll rule out every single one of them. Related: ht
by jstanley 3y ago
It's a good heuristic if you just want to be right more often, but if you want to find new good ideas then it'll rule out every single one of them.
Related: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost-always-work https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost...
- moonchrome 3y agoThis implies new ideas have to be revolutionary ? It's usually possible to progress in the existing direction. Science advances one funeral at a time and all that jazz.