JulianMorrison comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 20 March 2010 01:31:07AM 5 points [-]

Just a thought about the Litany of Tarski - be very careful to recognize that the "not" is a logical negation. If the box contains not-a-diamond your assumption will likely be that it's empty. The frog that jumps out when you open it will surprise you!

The mind falls easily into oppositional pairs of X and opposite-of-X (which isn't the same as the more comprehensive not-X), and once you create categorizations, you'll have a tendency to under-consider outcomes that don't categorize.