Want to note: I noticed the category “memetic hazard” and started immediately skimming the page to find everything labeled as such. Something is wrong with my reasoning here—
It wasn’t the worst impulse to follow after all, since the category means something like controversial or fictional. Except… “memetic hazard” is a meaningful warning. I would prefer it keeps its value as a signal.
Guilty, I also immediately scrolled through the page for all of the M links. “Memetic hazard” sounds a bit enticing like “forbidden knowledge”.
Maybe EY was onto something with the ideas in the Bayesian Conspiracy that education should be dressed up a bit as “forbidden” but not actually restricted.
Want to note: I noticed the category “memetic hazard” and started immediately skimming the page to find everything labeled as such. Something is wrong with my reasoning here—
It wasn’t the worst impulse to follow after all, since the category means something like controversial or fictional. Except… “memetic hazard” is a meaningful warning. I would prefer it keeps its value as a signal.
Guilty, I also immediately scrolled through the page for all of the M links. “Memetic hazard” sounds a bit enticing like “forbidden knowledge”.
Maybe EY was onto something with the ideas in the Bayesian Conspiracy that education should be dressed up a bit as “forbidden” but not actually restricted.