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This is exactly what I wanted to say. Saying "People are crazy." is like saying "People are evil." It is meaningless. To what can we compare human beings? The only examples I can think of are animals and AIs. Since mind-level AIs don't exist yet, and animals are both stupider and crazier (I think) than humans, I think any just comparison results in humans being relatively sane and smart.
To self.
To probability theory and decision theory.
So essentially Eliezer is saying:
"The average sanity of humanity is less than the sanity of at least one of its component organisms."
"I am less crazy than the average human."
How is this useful?!?
Most people don't know they have all these cognitive biases. Telling them that they do is a good first step toward improvement (at least in some).
Huh, I thought there was a fair bit of evidence around showing that people perform basically just as badly on tests which exploit cognitive biases after being told about them as they do in a state of ignorance.
Indeed. That's why it is just "a first step". Telling them is not enough, but you've got to start there.
It suggests that: