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Fucking Goddamn Basics of Rationalist Discourse

1. Don't say false shit omg this one's so basic what are you even doing. And to be perfectly fucking clear "false shit" includes exaggeration for dramatic effect. Exaggeration is just another way for shit to be false. 2. You do NOT (necessarily) know what you fucking saw. What you saw and what you thought about it are two different things. Keep them the fuck straight. 3. Performative overconfidence can go suck a bag of dicks. Tell us how sure you are, and don't pretend to know shit you don't. 4. If you're going to talk unfalsifiable twaddle out of your ass, at least fucking warn us first. 5. Try to find the actual factual goddamn truth together with whatever assholes you're talking to. Be a Chad scout, not a Virgin soldier. 6. One hypothesis is not e-fucking-nough. You need at least two, AT LEAST, or you'll just end up rehearsing the same dumb shit the whole time instead of actually thinking. 7. One great way to fuck shit up fast is to conflate the antecedent, the consequent, and the implication. DO NOT. 8. Don't be all like "nuh-UH, nuh-UH, you SAID!" Just let people correct themselves. Fuck. 9. That motte-and-bailey bullshit does not fly here. 10. Whatever the fuck else you do, for fucksake do not fucking ignore these guidelines when talking about the insides of other people's heads, unless you mainly wanna light some fucking trash fires, in which case GTFO.

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A Study Of Instinct

(This is a lightly edited crosspost from my Substack.) I told the forest: I want to know you. I want to know you as an animal does, living with you, in you, as you. I’m learning the feeling of instinct. I first recognized it during natural childbirth, the way I...

Dec 18, 202530

Generation Ship: A Protest Song For PauseAI

Link to listen. Lyrics Verse 1 I've heard the Earth was holy before the code broke through that rainfall raptured deserts into bloom I've heard that emerald mosses grew in hollows damp with morning dew I've heard the oceans rose and fell while following the moon Chorus But I was...

Nov 15, 202543

What I Learned (Conclusion To "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

This is the concluding post in a sequence that demonstrates a complete naturalist study, specifically a study of query hugging (sort of), as described in The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism. For context on this sequence, see the intro post. Here is where my conceptualization of query hugging stands currently....

Mar 20, 202434

Experimentation (Part 7 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

This is the seventh post in a sequence that demonstrates a complete naturalist study, specifically a study of query hugging (sort of), as described in The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism. This one demos phase four: Experimentation. For context on this sequence, see the intro post. Reminder that this is...

Mar 18, 202433

Collection (Part 6 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

This is the sixth post in a sequence that demonstrates a complete naturalist study, specifically a study of query hugging (sort of), as described in The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism. This one demos phase three: Collection. There's some reflection on naturalism itself at the end. For context on this...

Mar 14, 202428

Closeness To the Issue (Part 5 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

This is the fifth post in a sequence that demonstrates a complete naturalist study, specifically a study of query hugging (sort of), as described in The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism. This one continues my demo of phases one and two: Locating Fulcrum Experiences and Getting Your Eyes On. For...

Mar 9, 202436

Mud and Despair (Part 4 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

This is the fourth post in a sequence that demonstrates a complete naturalist study, specifically a study of query hugging (sort of), as described in The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism. For context on this sequence, see the intro post. “Mud and Despair” is not officially one of the phases...

Mar 7, 202438

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A Study Of Instinct

Generation Ship: A Protest Song For PauseAI

What I Learned (Conclusion To "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Experimentation (Part 7 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Collection (Part 6 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Closeness To the Issue (Part 5 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Mud and Despair (Part 4 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Fucking Goddamn Basics of Rationalist Discourse

Tell Culture

My Model Of EA Burnout

Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves

A Study Of Instinct

Generation Ship: A Protest Song For PauseAI

What I Learned (Conclusion To "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Experimentation (Part 7 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Collection (Part 6 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Closeness To the Issue (Part 5 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")

Mud and Despair (Part 4 of "The Sense Of Physical Necessity")