Promoted to curated: This is one of the best book reviews I’ve read in a long time. Here is why:
A very clear summary of the core claims in the book (at least from what I can tell without having read the book)
Putting the material in the context of other models discussed both on LW, in your own sequence, and in the literature
A broader explanation of the empirical context of the book, including new papers that cover highly related material somewhat independently
A reasonable summary of critiques, both by yourself and others
I also think the overall topic of the book is pretty important and worth covering. In some sense the core question of rationality is “how do we update our beliefs and how we can do that better?”, and I found the ideas covered in this post to tackle that question pretty straightforwardly.
Obviously, building good models in this space is hard, so I don’t think we should canonize these models immediately, and they likely do still have major flaws, but I agree with you that they resonate a good amount with my personal experience.
Promoted to curated: This is one of the best book reviews I’ve read in a long time. Here is why:
A very clear summary of the core claims in the book (at least from what I can tell without having read the book)
Putting the material in the context of other models discussed both on LW, in your own sequence, and in the literature
A broader explanation of the empirical context of the book, including new papers that cover highly related material somewhat independently
A reasonable summary of critiques, both by yourself and others
I also think the overall topic of the book is pretty important and worth covering. In some sense the core question of rationality is “how do we update our beliefs and how we can do that better?”, and I found the ideas covered in this post to tackle that question pretty straightforwardly.
Obviously, building good models in this space is hard, so I don’t think we should canonize these models immediately, and they likely do still have major flaws, but I agree with you that they resonate a good amount with my personal experience.