Ben gave three common far-mode fallacies that people make; I am not sure I agree with the one on changing our minds, but he makes valid points there, and his other two far-mode examples are pretty spot-on.
I suspect that the majority of fallacies that LWers commit are far-mode, simply because humans are naturally bad at far-mode thinking and LWers should be no different. The difference is that, unlike everyone else, LWers fail to compartmentalize and therefore flawed far-mode thinking has a higher potential to be dangerous.
So, real-world examples of far-mode fallacies: good, and something I would like to see more of; this is distinct from non-real-world example of fallacies (either near-mode or far-mode).
Ben gave three common far-mode fallacies that people make; I am not sure I agree with the one on changing our minds, but he makes valid points there, and his other two far-mode examples are pretty spot-on.
I suspect that the majority of fallacies that LWers commit are far-mode, simply because humans are naturally bad at far-mode thinking and LWers should be no different. The difference is that, unlike everyone else, LWers fail to compartmentalize and therefore flawed far-mode thinking has a higher potential to be dangerous.
So, real-world examples of far-mode fallacies: good, and something I would like to see more of; this is distinct from non-real-world example of fallacies (either near-mode or far-mode).