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Compartmentalization

TagLast edit: Jan 16, 2021, 6:10 PM by Yoav Ravid

Compartmentalization is keeping information and processes within your mind segregated, especially in ways that keep knowledge possessed by some of your reasoning processes being accessed by other processes.

From an alternative angle, one can think of compartmentalizing one’s different activities or domains from each other. when one couple the skills or habits from one to another, e.g., the religious scientist who does not apply scientific thinking outside the lab.

One might even have excellent epistemological performance in one domain and terrible performance in others.

See also

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion in epistemic and in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity

AnnaSalamonSep 17, 2010, 7:02 AM
124 points
123 comments6 min readLW link

Rea­son as memetic im­mune disorder

PhilGoetzSep 19, 2009, 9:05 PM
504 points
185 comments5 min readLW link

Dark Arts of Rationality

So8resJan 19, 2014, 2:47 AM
259 points
193 comments18 min readLW link

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion as a pas­sive phenomenon

Kaj_SotalaMar 26, 2010, 1:51 PM
62 points
72 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on Integrity

David GrossDec 3, 2020, 11:42 PM
18 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

“Flinch­ing away from truth” is of­ten about *pro­tect­ing* the epistemology

AnnaSalamonDec 20, 2016, 6:39 PM
233 points
58 comments7 min readLW link

Or­di­nary Peo­ple and Ex­traor­di­nary Evil: A Re­port on the Beguil­ings of Evil

David GrossSep 20, 2021, 3:19 PM
58 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Out­side the Laboratory

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 21, 2007, 3:46 AM
154 points
351 comments7 min readLW link

How do low level hy­pothe­ses con­strain high level ones? The mys­tery of the dis­ap­pear­ing di­a­mond.

Christopher KingJul 11, 2023, 7:27 PM
17 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

That Mag­i­cal Click

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 20, 2010, 4:35 PM
88 points
416 comments5 min readLW link

The Mys­tery of the Haunted Rationalist

Scott AlexanderMar 8, 2009, 8:39 PM
114 points
70 comments3 min readLW link

Si­mul­ta­neously Right and Wrong

Scott AlexanderMar 7, 2009, 10:55 PM
116 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

Con­sis­tently Inconsistent

Kaj_SotalaAug 4, 2011, 10:33 PM
81 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Will_NewsomeAug 13, 2010, 4:50 PM
86 points
260 comments7 min readLW link

Calcu­lance: A “Core” Ability

milanroskoJun 12, 2024, 7:21 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

I’m Not Say­ing Peo­ple Are Stupid

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 9, 2009, 4:23 PM
61 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Proverbs and Cached Judg­ments: the Rol­ling Stone

AnnoyanceApr 1, 2009, 3:40 PM
18 points
30 comments2 min readLW link