I started reading Overcoming Bias at age 15 or so and I think exposure to its person/idea cluster has had a massive impact on my intellectual development. Somewhat notably, I thought a lot of Eliezer’s points about rationality were obvious—not sure if that would apply to young people in general.
I started reading Overcoming Bias at age 15 or so and I think exposure to its person/idea cluster has had a massive impact on my intellectual development. Somewhat notably, I thought a lot of Eliezer’s points about rationality were obvious—not sure if that would apply to young people in general.
I wish I had found this years ago. I feel like I’m trying to overcome years and years of faulty ideas and teachings.
OvercomingBias.com wasn’t around in the late 19th century.