Sublime

Something radically strange and counterintuitive must be true about the relationship between mind and world.

Robin Hanson and I share a belief that two rationalists should not agree to disagree: they should not have common knowledge of epistemic disagreement unless something is very wrong.

Journal,

Epistemic rationality: systematically improving the accuracy of your beliefs.

Epistemic rationality: systematically improving the accuracy of your beliefs.

something radically contrary to common sense must be true about the fundamental structures of the mind and the world, while leaving us poorly equipped to determine where exactly the truth lies among the various weird possibilities.

I count myself among a growing number of scientists who believe that the construction of self identity is not much better than the Lo-fi representations of other people we hold in our heads.

preference for personal integrity is based on the moral absurdity