Thanks! I agree that this isn’t the best set-up for getting people interested in instrumental rationality, but remember that these essays were generated as a set of things to say before reading Rationality: AI to Zombies—they’re my take on the unstated background assumptions that motivate R:A-Z a little better before people pick it up. For that reason, the essays have a strong “why epistemics?” bent :-)
Thanks! I agree that this isn’t the best set-up for getting people interested in instrumental rationality, but remember that these essays were generated as a set of things to say before reading Rationality: AI to Zombies—they’re my take on the unstated background assumptions that motivate R:A-Z a little better before people pick it up. For that reason, the essays have a strong “why epistemics?” bent :-)