I’ve forgotten which page convinced me to start reading this site in earnest. It might have been “Generalization from Fictional Evidence”, which is excellent, but that served a rather specific purpose for me and I’m not sure it’d do the same for others.
Looking over some of the sequences now, I think “Positive Bias: Look Into The Dark” might have the right balance of accessible and mind-blowing to hook a layman of no more than average mathematical sophistication. The 2-4-6 task is one of the more elegant ways of demonstrating both bias and possible countermeasures that I’ve encountered here.
Interesting question.
I’ve forgotten which page convinced me to start reading this site in earnest. It might have been “Generalization from Fictional Evidence”, which is excellent, but that served a rather specific purpose for me and I’m not sure it’d do the same for others.
Looking over some of the sequences now, I think “Positive Bias: Look Into The Dark” might have the right balance of accessible and mind-blowing to hook a layman of no more than average mathematical sophistication. The 2-4-6 task is one of the more elegant ways of demonstrating both bias and possible countermeasures that I’ve encountered here.