For a year or two I’ve occasionally thought about writing a post about the principle that one shouldn’t try toexplain what isn’t true, which feels to me important and deserves a catchy name. (But (1) I couldn’t think of clear-cut, uncontroversial, specific local examples to exhibit, and (2) it’s a special case of “Your Strength as a Rationalist” and “Fake Explanations”, so I haven’t bothered.)
For a year or two I’ve occasionally thought about writing a post about the principle that one shouldn’t try to explain what isn’t true, which feels to me important and deserves a catchy name. (But (1) I couldn’t think of clear-cut, uncontroversial, specific local examples to exhibit, and (2) it’s a special case of “Your Strength as a Rationalist” and “Fake Explanations”, so I haven’t bothered.)