I haven’t downvoted this because it’s already at −7 and that seems low enough, but: to my mind the (closely related) two worst things about this article are (1) that it says almost nothing—“How to read reality accurately? Just practice the accurate reading of what’s going on.” and (2) that the great majority of it is taken up with rhetoric: rah-rah, truth is good, self-deceit is bad, yay for being right, boo to being wrong. The only part of the content that isn’t obvious to more or less the entire human race is the observation that people are often irrational and don’t check their models of the world carefully against reality. For sure, there’s an audience that needs to hear that, but I doubt it overlaps much with people reading the discussion section of Less Wrong.
I haven’t downvoted this because it’s already at −7 and that seems low enough, but: to my mind the (closely related) two worst things about this article are (1) that it says almost nothing—“How to read reality accurately? Just practice the accurate reading of what’s going on.” and (2) that the great majority of it is taken up with rhetoric: rah-rah, truth is good, self-deceit is bad, yay for being right, boo to being wrong. The only part of the content that isn’t obvious to more or less the entire human race is the observation that people are often irrational and don’t check their models of the world carefully against reality. For sure, there’s an audience that needs to hear that, but I doubt it overlaps much with people reading the discussion section of Less Wrong.
Yeah, okay, you’re right.
I didn’t really get too familiar with this site before posting that. Thanks for the slap on the face.
Do you know any articles that take this deeper?
No slap on anyone’s face intended.
If you’re looking for articles on related themes but with more content, there are an awful lot on Less Wrong. Here wouldn’t be a bad place to start.