awareness of signaling is THE WORST
Crony Beliefs — new Melting Asphalt post on epistemic legitimacy vs. epistemic corruption http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/
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yeah all norms/communities suffer from free riding — yet somehow we manage to make it work? maybe not as well as we'd like tho
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yeah, i find them garish plus privacy-intrusive. sorry for making you go manual/old school
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this is a very nuanced view, but strikes me as correct
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Thanks Ben. I've read part of Sapiens but don't immediately see the connection. Does he talk about epistemology?
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My pleasure. This is a v good text. He looks at origin of wrong beliefs, which he frames as a human coordination mechanism.
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Nice. I have a few (unsolicited I realize) notes: http://pastebin.com/raw/vK0L8tTu (Busy week at Addepar, might be slow to respond)
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thanks for the thoughtful reply! All I can say in a tweet is that I'm focused on distal rather than proximate causes
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great post, but what about believing to satisfy your self-image? E.g I'm a contrarian so I prefer contrarian beliefs.
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great question. I really wish I addressed this in the post =/. short answer: our "selves" exist partly to play social games
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