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CONSTANT VIGILANCE!
Scott Alexander argues that rationality should be viewed as habit cultivation rather than a limited resource, drawing parallels with aikido and lucid dreaming techniques.
8 min read 1,099 words
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Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders
Scott examines neurological theories explaining delusions like Capgras syndrome through Bayesian reasoning, arguing that damage to the right prefrontal cortex causes patients to ignore priors and base their beliefs solely on explanatory adequacy.
22 min read 3,339 words