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43 posts
Double-Crux
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302
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
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
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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
91
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument
palladias
9y
96
85
Better Disagreement
lukeprog
11y
84
222
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
12y
42
198
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
84
Public Positions and Private Guts
Vaniver
4y
13
66
Don't Double-Crux With Suicide Rock
Zack_M_Davis
2y
30
63
The Basic Double Crux pattern
Eli Tyre
2y
21
57
Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science
Scott Alexander
3y
28
53
Zut Allais!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
51
47
Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy
Raemon
3y
34
42
Thoughts on moral intuitions
Kaj_Sotala
10y
202
39
Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way
lukeprog
10y
237
34
Intuition and Unconscious Learning
lukeprog
11y
9
34
Argument, intuition, and recursion
paulfchristiano
4y
13
34
Rationality is about pattern recognition, not reasoning
JonahS
7y
83
33
Pattern-botching: when you forget you understand
MalcolmOcean
7y
18