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Double-Crux
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271
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
183
Noticing Frame Differences
Raemon
3y
38
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
97
The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments
Liron
3y
78
92
The Tale of Alice Almost: Strategies for Dealing With Pretty Good People
sarahconstantin
3y
6
166
Double Crux — A Strategy for Mutual Understanding
Duncan_Sabien
5y
108
160
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
12y
42
83
Public Positions and Private Guts
Vaniver
4y
13
77
Don't Double-Crux With Suicide Rock
Zack_M_Davis
2y
30
61
The Basic Double Crux pattern
Eli Tyre
2y
21
59
Thoughts on moral intuitions
Kaj_Sotala
10y
202
55
Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science
Scott Alexander
3y
28
52
Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy
Raemon
3y
34
52
Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way
lukeprog
10y
237
46
Pattern-botching: when you forget you understand
MalcolmOcean
7y
18
46
Rationality is about pattern recognition, not reasoning
JonahS
7y
83
46
Zut Allais!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
51
44
Intuition and Unconscious Learning
lukeprog
11y
9
42
Argument, intuition, and recursion
paulfchristiano
4y
13