I was reminded of that post by the final paragraph
That post largely supports the idea that it’d be quite valuable to facilitate the development of good judgement by EAs and perhaps members of related communities. But it also provides some caveats, as good judgement could in some cases be used in pursuit of counterproductive goals.
Nice post, thanks!
Some other posts which parts of this reminded me of, and which some readers might find interesting:
Some thoughts on deference and inside-view models
Information cascades
I was reminded of that concept by the paragraph ending “Navigating this tension is an interesting problem in social epistemology”
Sequence thinking vs. cluster thinking
I was reminded of that post by the parts about deciding how much weight to put on different perspectives
Improving the future by influencing actors’ benevolence, intelligence, and power
(Disclaimer: Written by me)
I was reminded of that post by the final paragraph
That post largely supports the idea that it’d be quite valuable to facilitate the development of good judgement by EAs and perhaps members of related communities. But it also provides some caveats, as good judgement could in some cases be used in pursuit of counterproductive goals.