I know what you mean, and I think that similar to Richard Kennaway says below, we need to teach people new to the sequences and to exotic decision theories not to drive off a cliff because of a thread they couldn’t resist pulling.
I think we really need something in the sequences about how to tell if your wild seeming idea is remotely likely. I.e a “How to Trust Your SatNav” post. The basic content in the post is: remember to stay grounded, and ask how likely this wild new framework might be. Ask others who can understand and assess your theory, and if they say you’re getting some things wrong, take them very seriously. This doesn’t mean you can’t follow your own convictions, it just means you should do it in a way that minimises potential harm.
Now, having read the content you’re talking about, I think a person needs to already be pretty far gone epistemically before this info hazard can “get them,” and I mean either the original idea-haver and also those who receive it via transmission. But I think it’s still going to help very new readers to not drive off so many cliffs. It’s almost like some of them want to, which is… its own class of concerns.
I know what you mean, and I think that similar to Richard Kennaway says below, we need to teach people new to the sequences and to exotic decision theories not to drive off a cliff because of a thread they couldn’t resist pulling.
I think we really need something in the sequences about how to tell if your wild seeming idea is remotely likely. I.e a “How to Trust Your SatNav” post. The basic content in the post is: remember to stay grounded, and ask how likely this wild new framework might be. Ask others who can understand and assess your theory, and if they say you’re getting some things wrong, take them very seriously. This doesn’t mean you can’t follow your own convictions, it just means you should do it in a way that minimises potential harm.
Now, having read the content you’re talking about, I think a person needs to already be pretty far gone epistemically before this info hazard can “get them,” and I mean either the original idea-haver and also those who receive it via transmission. But I think it’s still going to help very new readers to not drive off so many cliffs. It’s almost like some of them want to, which is… its own class of concerns.