covers a mixture of social and natural factors leading up to the isolation of the thing
historical in the original, investigative sense of the term “history.”
risks being wrong
Empowering
integrates concrete and model-based thinking that is checkable on multiple levels
affirms basic competence of humans to explore our world
centers process of discovery rather than a finished product
The rationality sequences created a community with shared language for talking about mind and optimization space. If we have that history understood on a technical level, I think we’ll be better at seeing through founder effects to recognize ally and sister movements forming in other contexts.
[Question] What would a zetetic explanation be for the rationality community?
Zetetic explanations as described by benquo (blogpost, lw linkpost).
Interdisciplinary
covers a mixture of social and natural factors leading up to the isolation of the thing
historical in the original, investigative sense of the term “history.”
risks being wrong
Empowering
integrates concrete and model-based thinking that is checkable on multiple levels
affirms basic competence of humans to explore our world
centers process of discovery rather than a finished product
The rationality sequences created a community with shared language for talking about mind and optimization space. If we have that history understood on a technical level, I think we’ll be better at seeing through founder effects to recognize ally and sister movements forming in other contexts.