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49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 May 2007 06:36AM

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 05 May 2007 12:53:18AM 1 point [-]

but Mitch, do you agree with the central point of the original post, that true facts cannot be "weird" or "bizarre" except insofar as we think like primates and not like reality? That we are always faced with a dilemma to eventually discard either the mistaken intuition or the mistaken fact?

The reality is that possibilities are very large in number and actual knowledge is shockingly small. To genuinely "think like reality" might mean to maintain as constant and thorough an awareness as possible of every uncertainty in your existential situation that you can discern - since that would reflect the epistemic reality.

Another observation: a follow-up post on how to act "like reality" could be warranted.