an interesting conseq of the “foothills” thing is that the better you understand something, the easier it is to mentally “repair” incoherent views by swapping out broken parts for correcthttps://twitter.com/QuasLacrimas/status/1007312003659157505 …
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the abilities this gives some ppl seem like voodoo
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uniting bitter enemies around a single position - drawing new insights from ppl who appear to be morons, like alchemy - making stubborn illusions melt before your eyes
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the first sign of this appears to be a sudden impression that everyone else beat you to ideas you thought were original, or effortlessly grasps what you struggled with, or
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but at the same time they start to frequently misunderstand, find relatively simple claims ambiguous - you sometimes wonder if they’re talking to you at all, it’s like you are jumping into the middle of a conversation
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yeahhh interesting. def a related phenomenon - confusing ppl’s priors about correlation b/w areas of expertise “why do you know so much about sunscreen anon?”
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