I just thought the Less Wrong community should know that a few minute ago, I was having trouble remembering the name of this fallacy, but I vaugely remembered the content of this post. So, I decided to use the search engine on this site to find this. I typed in “sexy,” and this is the first thing that came up.
Just noticed this comment while looking in the archives… You might want to ponder information bubbles caused by website personalization because I suspect you are (or were when you wrote this comment?) inside of one. Something I’ve found generally useful in the past that seems like it would help is trying to imagine how you would discover “objectively important things to know about that you wouldn’t have normally run across”.
Oh, this wasn’t through a general Google search, just the site’s search engine. I would be shocked if a search of “sexy” on the internet returned a Less Wrong result anywhere near the top.
I just thought the Less Wrong community should know that a few minute ago, I was having trouble remembering the name of this fallacy, but I vaugely remembered the content of this post. So, I decided to use the search engine on this site to find this. I typed in “sexy,” and this is the first thing that came up.
I can only imagine how many people have scrolled up to the search bar to test this since this comment was written.
Just noticed this comment while looking in the archives… You might want to ponder information bubbles caused by website personalization because I suspect you are (or were when you wrote this comment?) inside of one. Something I’ve found generally useful in the past that seems like it would help is trying to imagine how you would discover “objectively important things to know about that you wouldn’t have normally run across”.
Oh, this wasn’t through a general Google search, just the site’s search engine. I would be shocked if a search of “sexy” on the internet returned a Less Wrong result anywhere near the top.
Still, that would be a happy day.
Perhaps we should rename it the “sexy search string fallacy” in your honor?
Or, you know… not.