Philosophy
How to Actually Change Your Mind
2017·310 pages
Essays on cognitive biases, motivated reasoning, and updating beliefs with evidence—core rationality techniques from the LessWrong sequences.
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“I believe that it is right and proper for me, as a human being, to have an interest in the future, and what human civilization becomes in the future. One of those interests is the human pursuit of truth, which has strengthened slowly over the generations (for there was not always science). I wish to strengthen that pursuit further, in this generation. That is a wish of mine, for the Future. For we are all of us players upon that vast gameboard, whether we accept the responsibility or not. “And ...
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