Reading up on Scott Alexander
3 deep · digging since aug 26
- Ideas aren’t getting harder to find and anyone who tells you otherwise is a coward and I will fight them
Ideas remain easy to discover; the belief that they’re getting harder is mistaken and stems from cognitive biases, not actual scarcity.
- On Inevitability
The article argues that superintelligent AI is not inevitable, criticizing the belief in inevitability as a flawed premise that fuels harmful discourse and misguided priorities.
- The Cowpox of Doubt
The article warns that overusing obvious absurd beliefs like homeopathy to teach rationality creates a false sense of immunity and undermines genuine doubt.