This post on what academia is and isn’t good at describes a true and important thing well (if somewhat verbosely), but didn’t influence me partly because I already believed it and partly because I didn’t pay it much attention or thought at the time. There are quite a few examples of these.
This post on the complete class theorems described in a clear way some foundational arguments about the wisdom of using probability theory and decision theory, and how they could be extended. It hasn’t made its way into my thought about other things, and I don’t think about it that much, but I’m glad I have the concept, and the post is a good reference for it.
This post on what academia is and isn’t good at describes a true and important thing well (if somewhat verbosely), but didn’t influence me partly because I already believed it and partly because I didn’t pay it much attention or thought at the time. There are quite a few examples of these.
This post on the complete class theorems described in a clear way some foundational arguments about the wisdom of using probability theory and decision theory, and how they could be extended. It hasn’t made its way into my thought about other things, and I don’t think about it that much, but I’m glad I have the concept, and the post is a good reference for it.