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The Midwit Trap
This brings me to the single most obvious notion that correct contrarians grasp, and that people who have vastly overestimated their own competence don’t realize: It takes far less work to identify the correct expert in a pre-existing dispute between experts, than to make an original contribution to any field that is remotely healthy.
Eliezer Yudkowsky • Inadequate Equilibria
DO I REALLY WANT A SOLUTION?
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
If you did a lot of maths at school you are used to being given problems of the first type, and when you see a problem you want to find the analytic solution. It’s a good instinct, since analytic solutions are efficient. As long as you have the right method you can quickly reach an exact answer.
Lots of being smart is working out when you’re lookin... See more
Lots of being smart is working out when you’re lookin... See more