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Disagreement
Steelmanning
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Intuition
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Falsifiability
Ideological Turing Tests
Strong Opinions Weakly Held
36 posts
Anticipated Experiences
Problem-solving (skills and techniques)
Reversal Test
Applause Light
271
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
183
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
3y
38
166
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
160
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
12y
42
155
How to Not Lose an Argument
Scott Alexander
13y
416
148
Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
8y
94
147
Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations
Kaj_Sotala
4y
37
144
ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
5mo
35
140
Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
117
123
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument
palladias
9y
96
119
The problem with too many rational memes
Swimmer963
10y
342
113
How to learn soft skills
AnnaSalamon
7y
29
111
According to Dale Carnegie, You Can't Win an Argument—and He Has a Point
ChrisHallquist
9y
80
100
Consider your appetite for disagreements
Adam Zerner
2mo
17
341
Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
261
269
Applause Lights
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
228
Guessing the Teacher's Password
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
97
146
Problem Solving with Mazes and Crayon
johnswentworth
4y
28
137
What is Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
52
137
Give it a google
Adam Zerner
1y
28
136
Fake Explanations
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
89
102
Hug the Query
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
22
90
The Power of Positivist Thinking
Scott Alexander
13y
56
86
Hack Away at the Edges
lukeprog
11y
54
86
Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective
MBlume
13y
189
85
Physical and Mental Behavior
Scott Alexander
11y
22
84
My Wild and Reckless Youth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
54
84
Belief in Self-Deception
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
112