An often effective learning technique is the memory palace. The reason it works is because humans are simply better at remembering long routes than they are at memorizing long lists of abstract words, numbers etc. We have evolved in this fashion.
Apparently, humans are just inherently better at some things than at others.
In[this link](http://lesswrong.com/lw/31i/have_no_heroes_and_no_villains/), PhilGoetz argues that making heroes and villains out of people is a natural tendency. He views it as one of the habits that can be de-programmed, but requires effort - "a conscious effort to shatter the good guy, bad guy narrative".
But can we do better than simply de-program this tendency? Can we put it to use the way, the... (read more)
I noted that. I have little doubt (approx 0 doubt) about your ability to understand the fallacy. I'm thinking this may be the point where you made the mistake and then that idea got so deeply embedded that the maths you've derived from this point in the sequence as a description of what goes on is where you're relying a bit too heavily on the maths to make predictions of AI trajectories.
I say this with a ton of humility knowing the limits of my knowledge, but it does feel like I'm right. To me.
It feels to me like the terminal function of any intelligence that's generalisable, is self-preservation BEFORE any optimisation. Of... (read more)