Robin said to Eliezer:
"The problem comes when you seem to imply that you are the first to identify or articulate them"
Eliezer responds by saying:
"Nobody except cognitive psychologists had heard of cognitive biases before 2000."
But this comment is mistaken. In five minutes of research, I came across three books by philosophers which discuss cognitive biases multiple times. One book is from 1986 (!) and the other two from 1993. With more time, I'm sure I could find many more books and papers by philosophers written before 2000. In econo... (read more)
Robin said to Eliezer: "The problem comes when you seem to imply that you are the first to identify or articulate them"
Eliezer responds by saying: "Nobody except cognitive psychologists had heard of cognitive biases before 2000."
But this comment is mistaken. In five minutes of research, I came across three books by philosophers which discuss cognitive biases multiple times. One book is from 1986 (!) and the other two from 1993. With more time, I'm sure I could find many more books and papers by philosophers written before 2000. In econo... (read more)