"The strength of a theory is not what……" — Eliezer Yudkowsky
"The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any outcome, you have zero knowledge."
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67 Quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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There is light in the world, and it is us!
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That which the truth nourishes should thrive.
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If the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to…
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Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once…
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There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the…
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed…
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You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.
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Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts…
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I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know…
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Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.
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