In my mind, Elizabeth’s work on Epistemic Spot Checks (ESC’s) generally, and this post in particular, are exactly the kinds of effort to innovate in truth-seeking that are core to LessWrong.
It’s been written that the proper use of the word rational is to not simply mean “true” or “optimal”, but instead to describe algorithms that systematically increase map-territory correspondence. I love the work on ESC and this post asking what comes next because they concern precisely this level of question: what algorithms systematically get us to truth? What processes can we follow.
I’m excited for more work in this direction and the LW community developing expertise not just in talking about things, but really, actually getting at what’s is the case in the territory.
Would love to hear people weigh in more with their thoughts.
Curated.
In my mind, Elizabeth’s work on Epistemic Spot Checks (ESC’s) generally, and this post in particular, are exactly the kinds of effort to innovate in truth-seeking that are core to LessWrong.
It’s been written that the proper use of the word rational is to not simply mean “true” or “optimal”, but instead to describe algorithms that systematically increase map-territory correspondence. I love the work on ESC and this post asking what comes next because they concern precisely this level of question: what algorithms systematically get us to truth? What processes can we follow.
I’m excited for more work in this direction and the LW community developing expertise not just in talking about things, but really, actually getting at what’s is the case in the territory.
Would love to hear people weigh in more with their thoughts.