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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
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
105
The Tale of Alice Almost: Strategies for Dealing With Pretty Good People
sarahconstantin
3y
6
134
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
98
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
12y
42
88
Don't Double-Crux With Suicide Rock
Zack_M_Davis
2y
30
82
Public Positions and Private Guts
Vaniver
4y
13
76
Thoughts on moral intuitions
Kaj_Sotala
10y
202
65
Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way
lukeprog
10y
237
59
Pattern-botching: when you forget you understand
MalcolmOcean
7y
18
59
The Basic Double Crux pattern
Eli Tyre
2y
21
58
Rationality is about pattern recognition, not reasoning
JonahS
7y
83
57
Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy
Raemon
3y
34
54
Intuition and Unconscious Learning
lukeprog
11y
9
53
Basic Conversational Coordination: Micro-coordination of Intention
Eli Tyre
2y
7
53
Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science
Scott Alexander
3y
28
50
Argument, intuition, and recursion
paulfchristiano
4y
13