I really wish there was some way to teach arrogance. It seems to be such a large factor in whether people actually make progress as rationalists or not.
I don’t usually find cause to say this in reply to downvoted comments, but that is worth a post. Particularly because the conception you have of arrogance (or at least, the conceptions that I infer you have about arrogance) crosses some significant inferential barriers so is lost somewhat in this context.
I agree on both counts, and thanks for rounding up the links. Somewhere in my collection of half-baked drafts is a post specific to arrogance itself, how the definition is tied to status, when it is useful and when it isn’t.
I don’t usually find cause to say this in reply to downvoted comments, but that is worth a post. Particularly because the conception you have of arrogance (or at least, the conceptions that I infer you have about arrogance) crosses some significant inferential barriers so is lost somewhat in this context.
I think The Proper Use of Humility, The Proper Use of Doubt, Science Doesn’t Trust Your Rationality, and Einstein’s Superpowers contain most of the essential ideas, which isn’t to say that a post amplifying the point wouldn’t be useful.
I agree on both counts, and thanks for rounding up the links. Somewhere in my collection of half-baked drafts is a post specific to arrogance itself, how the definition is tied to status, when it is useful and when it isn’t.