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Disagreement
Steelmanning
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Falsifiability
Ideological Turing Tests
Strong Opinions Weakly Held
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Anticipated Experiences
Problem-solving (skills and techniques)
Reversal Test
Applause Light
302
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
222
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
12y
42
198
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
179
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
3y
38
161
Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations
Kaj_Sotala
4y
37
159
How to Not Lose an Argument
Scott Alexander
13y
416
148
Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
117
143
The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments
Liron
3y
78
131
ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
5mo
35
107
How to learn soft skills
AnnaSalamon
7y
29
107
The problem with too many rational memes
Swimmer963
10y
342
102
Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
8y
94
96
According to Dale Carnegie, You Can't Win an Argument—and He Has a Point
ChrisHallquist
9y
80
92
Consider your appetite for disagreements
Adam Zerner
2mo
17
556
Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
261
373
Applause Lights
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
364
Guessing the Teacher's Password
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
201
What is Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
52
184
Problem Solving with Mazes and Crayon
johnswentworth
4y
28
168
Fake Explanations
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
89
148
Give it a google
Adam Zerner
1y
28
137
Hug the Query
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
22
121
The Futility of Emergence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
141
107
Say Not "Complexity"
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
53
97
Belief in Self-Deception
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
112
95
My Wild and Reckless Youth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
54
84
The Power of Positivist Thinking
Scott Alexander
13y
56
81
Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective
MBlume
13y
189