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Disagreement
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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
240
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
194
Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
8y
94
187
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
3y
38
157
ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
5mo
35
155
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument
palladias
9y
96
151
How to Not Lose an Argument
Scott Alexander
13y
416
134
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
133
Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations
Kaj_Sotala
4y
37
132
Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
117
131
The problem with too many rational memes
Swimmer963
10y
342
126
According to Dale Carnegie, You Can't Win an Argument—and He Has a Point
ChrisHallquist
9y
80
119
How to learn soft skills
AnnaSalamon
7y
29
108
Consider your appetite for disagreements
Adam Zerner
2mo
17
108
Karate Kid and Realistic Expectations for Disagreement Resolution
Raemon
3y
23
165
Applause Lights
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
126
Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
261
126
Give it a google
Adam Zerner
1y
28
108
Problem Solving with Mazes and Crayon
johnswentworth
4y
28
106
From First Principles
10y
46
104
Fake Explanations
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
89
102
Hack Away at the Edges
lukeprog
11y
54
100
Tips and Tricks for Answering Hard Questions
Wei_Dai
12y
55
97
Physical and Mental Behavior
Scott Alexander
11y
22
96
The Power of Positivist Thinking
Scott Alexander
13y
56
92
Guessing the Teacher's Password
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
91
Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective
MBlume
13y
189
75
The First Step is to Admit That You Have a Problem
Alicorn
13y
87
75
Mazes and Duality
johnswentworth
2y
8