The only approach to critique I find intellectually rigorous and interesting to listen to is in the form of conservation laws (physics-like)
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@vgr What's an example of this? Do you mean in the sense that "this policy proposal is a free lunch"? -
@BenGoldhaber that would be one kind of example
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@ctbeiser Ultimately criticism aims to falsify or undermine some underlying assumption or ethical/aesthetic commitment. - 7 more replies
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@vgr I know of money-pump arguments in economics and probability (dutch books), other examples? -
@nikete social justice arguments/ideas often sound like claims to solve NP-hard problems in P time :D - 1 more reply
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@vgr But the most interesting hacks are those which cheat a conservation law to achieve a practical end. e.g. Bitcoin and Byzantine generals -
@vgr Satoshi hasn't claimed galactic prize for Extreme Cleverness because he would be lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable CS profs - 2 more replies
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@vgr One idea I've used is "total societal power is a function of only population and tech level." Only distribution can be changed. -
@vgr This is why schemes to "destroy power" always fail or cause one of those two variables to change (generally downwards unfortunately) - 1 more reply
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