I’ve started browsing and posting here a bit so I should introduce myself.
I’ve been writing online for around five months and put some draft chapters of a book on my website. The objective is to think about how to immunise a society from decline, which basically means trying to find the right balance between creativity and cohesion (not that they are inversely related—it’s quite possible to have neither). Because I can’t buy into any worldview out there today, I’ve tried to systematise my thoughts into a philosophy I call Metasophism. It’s a work in progress, and most of what I read and write links into that in some way.
Prediction mechanisms are something commonly discussed here which I’ve partly integrated, but I need to think more about that which this site will help with I think.
How did I end up here? A commenter on an early post of mine mentioned LW, which I didn’t then frequent even though I was familiar with some of the writers here. That caused me to check it out, and the epistemic culture caused me to stick around.
It seems you’ve had some success in thinking things through rigorously on your own, so kudos to you! I can relate to not buying into any existing worldview.
Glad you did stick around. Anything in particular about the epistemic culture that you think works especially well or poorly?
I’ve started browsing and posting here a bit so I should introduce myself.
I’ve been writing online for around five months and put some draft chapters of a book on my website. The objective is to think about how to immunise a society from decline, which basically means trying to find the right balance between creativity and cohesion (not that they are inversely related—it’s quite possible to have neither). Because I can’t buy into any worldview out there today, I’ve tried to systematise my thoughts into a philosophy I call Metasophism. It’s a work in progress, and most of what I read and write links into that in some way.
Prediction mechanisms are something commonly discussed here which I’ve partly integrated, but I need to think more about that which this site will help with I think.
How did I end up here? A commenter on an early post of mine mentioned LW, which I didn’t then frequent even though I was familiar with some of the writers here. That caused me to check it out, and the epistemic culture caused me to stick around.
It seems you’ve had some success in thinking things through rigorously on your own, so kudos to you! I can relate to not buying into any existing worldview.
Glad you did stick around. Anything in particular about the epistemic culture that you think works especially well or poorly?
Thanks! There seems to be an openness towards error correction which is admirable and unfortunately uncommon.