Curated. I’ve gotten value from the Split and Commit concept over the years and am glad to see a more succinct writeup. I think “have multiple hypotheses” and “have at least a rough sense of what you might do in worlds where either hypothesis is true” seems like a useful heuristic to avoid some common human rationality foibles.
I felt like the opening examples were a bit distractingly political and I think there are probably some ways to improve, but that felt relatively minor.
I’m curious what examples you or others who found the opening examples distracting would prefer. Something like those examples is standard for describing moral progress, at least in my experience, so I’m curious if you would frame moral progress differently or just use other examples.
Curated. I’ve gotten value from the Split and Commit concept over the years and am glad to see a more succinct writeup. I think “have multiple hypotheses” and “have at least a rough sense of what you might do in worlds where either hypothesis is true” seems like a useful heuristic to avoid some common human rationality foibles.
I felt like the opening examples were a bit distractingly political and I think there are probably some ways to improve, but that felt relatively minor.
I’m curious what examples you or others who found the opening examples distracting would prefer. Something like those examples is standard for describing moral progress, at least in my experience, so I’m curious if you would frame moral progress differently or just use other examples.