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Essays on emotional reasoning

2 essays

Aug 27, 2012LW

The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world?

Scott proposes the "noncentral fallacy" as a candidate for the worst argument in the world: applying emotional reactions from archetypal category members to non-archetypal examples, illustrated through examples like calling Martin Luther King Jr. a "criminal."

15 min read 2,283 words

Jul 21, 2009LW

Shut Up And Guess

Scott calculates that on exams penalizing wrong answers at half the reward for correct ones, guessing always has positive expected value, but none of his intelligent classmates would accept this logic despite clear explanations.

11 min read 1,700 words

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