I’d never thought of this argument, and it’s obviously correct in retrospect.
Although “trying less hard” might not quite be pointing at the right thing. Reflecting on your epistemics / course of action could still be considered a form of “trying hard”, so maybe it would be better to describe it as “rocketing in a particular pre-determined direction less hard”.
Thank you Michael! Really appreciate you saying that.
I guess I did say at the end of the “Epistemic distortion” section that consciously trying to be more objective may not be enough to replicate the effects of trying less hard. But yeah, I’m pretty unhappy with the framing/structure overall, e.g. it could’ve been more concrete and clear about the mechanisms.
I’d never thought of this argument, and it’s obviously correct in retrospect.
Although “trying less hard” might not quite be pointing at the right thing. Reflecting on your epistemics / course of action could still be considered a form of “trying hard”, so maybe it would be better to describe it as “rocketing in a particular pre-determined direction less hard”.
Thank you Michael! Really appreciate you saying that.
I guess I did say at the end of the “Epistemic distortion” section that consciously trying to be more objective may not be enough to replicate the effects of trying less hard. But yeah, I’m pretty unhappy with the framing/structure overall, e.g. it could’ve been more concrete and clear about the mechanisms.