I am new to the community, but I have read through the most part of the major sequences before I registered. I found this site by reading Eliezer´s Harry Potter fanfic hpmor. It was really good by the way. I am happy to learn about biases and how to overcome them and how to optimize certain things.
I am fairly intelligent and I am a VERY philosophical person.
My greatest weakness in this community is probably that I against my will partly believe that most americans are stupid due to lack of general education and political propaganda.
Have you considered the effect of selection? From USA, you usually hear about the stupid stuff, because that’s what makes interesting news. (Also, exaggerating all the bad things from the “decadent West” has a long tradition in Russian propaganda.) From your own country, you spend most time with your circle of educated people.
Yes, I have considered it. We have no russian propaganda in Finland. Overall, finnish people don´t like Russia very much. I don´t spend much time with educated people right now either. But I agree that selection somehow may have something to do with it.
Hello world.
I am new to the community, but I have read through the most part of the major sequences before I registered. I found this site by reading Eliezer´s Harry Potter fanfic hpmor. It was really good by the way. I am happy to learn about biases and how to overcome them and how to optimize certain things.
I am fairly intelligent and I am a VERY philosophical person.
Have you considered the effect of selection? From USA, you usually hear about the stupid stuff, because that’s what makes interesting news. (Also, exaggerating all the bad things from the “decadent West” has a long tradition in Russian propaganda.) From your own country, you spend most time with your circle of educated people.
Yes, I have considered it. We have no russian propaganda in Finland. Overall, finnish people don´t like Russia very much. I don´t spend much time with educated people right now either. But I agree that selection somehow may have something to do with it.