and makes it somewhat plausible why I’m claiming that “coming to take singularity scenarios seriously can be pretty disruptive to common sense,” and such that it might be nice to try having a “bridge” that can help people lose less of the true parts of common sense as their world changes
Can you say a bit more about how CFAR helps people do this? Some of the “confusions” you mentioned are still confusing to me. Are they no longer confusing to you? If so, can you explain how that happened and what you ended up thinking on each of those topics? For example lately I’m puzzling over something related to this:
Given this, should I get lost in “what about simulations / anthropics” to the point of becoming confused about normal day-today events?
Can you say a bit more about how CFAR helps people do this? Some of the “confusions” you mentioned are still confusing to me. Are they no longer confusing to you? If so, can you explain how that happened and what you ended up thinking on each of those topics? For example lately I’m puzzling over something related to this: