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Gen­er­al­iza­tion From Fic­tional Evidence

TagLast edit: Nov 14, 2021, 9:20 AM by Yoav Ravid

The logical fallacy of generalization from fictional evidence consists in drawing real-world conclusions based on statements invented and selected for the purpose of writing fiction.

It was first coined by Eliezer Yudkowsky in a talk he gave in 2003, and later in his essay The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence.

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The Log­i­cal Fal­lacy of Gen­er­al­iza­tion from Fic­tional Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 16, 2007, 3:57 AM
130 points
62 comments6 min readLW link

Or­well and fic­tional ev­i­dence for dic­ta­tor­ship stability

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2013, 12:19 PM
24 points
77 comments2 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Through Fiction

YitzJul 6, 2022, 5:03 AM
5 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Fic­tional Ev­i­dence vs. Fic­tional Insight

Wei DaiJan 8, 2010, 1:59 AM
50 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

How Tim O’Brien gets around the log­i­cal fal­lacy of gen­er­al­iza­tion from fic­tional evidence

mszegedyApr 24, 2014, 9:41 PM
16 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

When can Fic­tion Change the World?

Timothy UnderwoodAug 24, 2020, 1:47 PM
79 points
18 comments11 min readLW link

Mak­ing His­tory Available

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 31, 2007, 7:52 PM
198 points
87 comments3 min readLW link

Movie re­view: Don’t Look Up

Sam MarksJan 4, 2022, 8:16 PM
38 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Who Should Have Been Killed, and Con­tains Neato? Who Else Could It Be, but that Villain Mag­neto!

Ace DelgadoOct 19, 2024, 8:39 PM
−16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The dan­ger of liv­ing a story—Sin­gu­lar­ity Tropes

patrissimoNov 14, 2010, 10:39 PM
28 points
62 comments3 min readLW link

Learn­ing from counterfactuals

GyrodiotNov 25, 2020, 11:07 PM
11 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

I uni­ver­sally try­ing to re­ject the Mind Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy—consequences

YanLyutnevAug 30, 2024, 5:42 PM
−3 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
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