Meta: I agree that looking at arguments for different sides is better than only looking at arguments for one side; but
[...] neutralizing my status-yuck reaction. One promising-seeming approach is to spend a lot of time looking at lots of of high-status monkeys who believe it!
sounds like trying to solve the problem by using more of the problem? I think it’s worth flagging that {looking at high-status monkeys who believe X} is not addressing the root problem, and it might be worth spending some time on trying to understand and solve the root problem.
I’m sad to say that I myself do not have a proper solution to {monkey status dynamics corrupting ability to think clearly}. That said, I do sometimes find it helpful to thoroughly/viscerally imagine being an alien who just arrived on Earth, gained access to rvnnt’s memories/beliefs, and is now looking at this whole Earth-circus from the perspective of a dispassionately curious outsider with no skin in the game.
If anyone has other/better solutions, I’d be curious to hear them.
Meta: I agree that looking at arguments for different sides is better than only looking at arguments for one side; but
sounds like trying to solve the problem by using more of the problem? I think it’s worth flagging that {looking at high-status monkeys who believe X} is not addressing the root problem, and it might be worth spending some time on trying to understand and solve the root problem.
I’m sad to say that I myself do not have a proper solution to {monkey status dynamics corrupting ability to think clearly}. That said, I do sometimes find it helpful to thoroughly/viscerally imagine being an alien who just arrived on Earth, gained access to rvnnt’s memories/beliefs, and is now looking at this whole Earth-circus from the perspective of a dispassionately curious outsider with no skin in the game.
If anyone has other/better solutions, I’d be curious to hear them.