In case it’s of interest, my gut rejection (and I think true rejection) of this is based on intuitions from the Roles arc in HPMOR (and also some of the sentiment of this recent facebook post about Feynman). On a gut level playing a role feels wrong. The place where my important decisions come from ought to be a place of just trying to look at what’s true, not playing a character. The fundamentals of my epistemology and decision making shouldn’t be social. My most important decisions (and most of my decisions) should come from models and fermi estimates and gears.
I imagine one could counter “But have you considered that your hero would agree?” and to that I say, while it may be practical to ask “What would my hero do?” each time, it feels wrong that it’s the fundamental level, and not at least one level above the level that is just truth-seeking.
In case it’s of interest, my gut rejection (and I think true rejection) of this is based on intuitions from the Roles arc in HPMOR (and also some of the sentiment of this recent facebook post about Feynman). On a gut level playing a role feels wrong. The place where my important decisions come from ought to be a place of just trying to look at what’s true, not playing a character. The fundamentals of my epistemology and decision making shouldn’t be social. My most important decisions (and most of my decisions) should come from models and fermi estimates and gears.
I imagine one could counter “But have you considered that your hero would agree?” and to that I say, while it may be practical to ask “What would my hero do?” each time, it feels wrong that it’s the fundamental level, and not at least one level above the level that is just truth-seeking.
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