These are mistakes that are made by almost everybody who tries to do any reasoning about philosophical, scientific, policy, or other complex issues we didn’t evolve to deal with. (Exceptions include (some) people who’ve spent a long time studying cognitive science and linguistics, and Less Wrong readers.) No need to feel disgusted at your humanness; just be grateful that you’re among the (currently few) people who will have an opportunity to do better.
I’m hoping Eliezer’s eventual book becomes a best-seller and that this sequence is a prominent part of it. This is the sort of thing that everybody should know about.
These are mistakes that are made by almost everybody who tries to do any reasoning about philosophical, scientific, policy, or other complex issues we didn’t evolve to deal with. (Exceptions include (some) people who’ve spent a long time studying cognitive science and linguistics, and Less Wrong readers.) No need to feel disgusted at your humanness; just be grateful that you’re among the (currently few) people who will have an opportunity to do better.
I’m hoping Eliezer’s eventual book becomes a best-seller and that this sequence is a prominent part of it. This is the sort of thing that everybody should know about.