Socialism as an "epistemological trap" (and other stuff).https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/06/asymmetric-weapons-gone-bad/ …
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... "There’s some part in the resources-vs-truth graph, where you’re smart enough to know what communism is but not smart enough to have good arguments against it – where the more intellect you apply the further from truth it takes you."
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... My take away (predictably) is that reason is hard, and easily perverted, so diffuse experimentation is vastly preferable. ...
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... Many different kinds of quasi-randomness at work simultaneously will almost always beat a single Great Idea. ...
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... The most secure function of reason is to cut losses on chronic errors (i.e. maximizing experimental space by economizing on "maybe it will work out this time" negative lessons).
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... SA sensibly recommends: "Try things on a small scale in limited areas before trying them at larger scale; let different polities compete and see what happens."
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"... Having done all that, and working as gingerly and gradually as you can, you should still try to improve on traditions that seem obsolete or improvable." -- It's always better to branch them, than 'improve' them.
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