It bears repeating: in order for humanity's understanding of the world to become incrementally more correct, individuals have to be free to be wrong.
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Almost all strange ideas are wrong, and they're usually not even wrong in a useful direction. But the exceptions are the only vector for progress — the real threat isn't error, but homogeneity of thought. Human knowledge is not a loading bar that steadily fills on its own.
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Yes but mistakes are also non-linear. Wholeheartedly agree with popperianism on the individual level but as a society, there are some mistakes that can be too costly to make or unrecoverable.
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I don’t understand your point that Popperianism doesn’t apply at the societal level because some mistakes are too costly. Is it that we should “play it safe” rather than error-correct?
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Many individuals are good at exploring a culture space, but it seems clear to me that the organizations which limit the people allowed to be meaningfully wrong have won out. Take that as you will, but I’m a pessimist.
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We can see this in other spheres, mass production relies on uniformity of technique, in other words, constraining the opportunities for most individuals in production to explore being wrong. Management and engineers can be wrong, but not workers.
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Succinct.
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I would love to turn this tweet into an interview if you are gamehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crazy-wisdom/id1354589767 …
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All ideas are imperfect. Pure truth is inaccessible.
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Homogeneity *is* the error in cases where it inhibits the creation of better theories/ways of doing things.
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