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 economics, there is Richard Thaler's work which began in the 1980s. This was often published in journals read by economists. I'd be surprised if there... (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 economics, there is Richard Thaler's work which began in the 1980s. This was often published in journals read by economists. I'd be surprised if there... (read more)