There’s a critically important and correct idea in the vicinity of “the map is not the territory,” but I can’t find a non-trivial discussion
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To the slight extent that I can guess what Yudkowski was thinking, it’s that the map should be as nearly as poss isomorphic to the territory
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… and the “good idea in the vicinity” is almost exactly the opposite: understanding the map/territory relationship as isomorphism is wrong
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Maybe you want Highly Advanced Epistemology 101 for Beginners: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Highly_Advanced_Epistemology_101_for_Beginners …
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Thank you very much! I was just looking for a straightforward explanation of “map is not territory” from rationalist pov.
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