Rationality As Martial Art

A metaphor for rationality as the martial art of the mind; training brains in the same fashion as muscles.

• Gillian Russell (2008). Epistemic Viciousness in the Martial Arts. (PDF)

A metaphor for rationality as the martial art of mind; training brains afterin the same fashion as muscles.

• The Martial Art of Rationality - Basic introduction of the metaphor and some of its consequences.
• A Sense That More Is Possible - Why do people seem to care more about systematic methods of punching than systematic methods of thinking?
• Epistemic Viciousness - The classic failure modes
• 3 Levels of martial arts schools transfer over as direct warnings to would-be rationalists.Rationality Verification
• The FailuresMandatory Secret Identities
• Whining-Based Communities
• In What Ways Have You Become Stronger? by Vladimir Nesov
• Rational Me or We? by Robin Hanson
• Individual Rationality is a Matter of Eld ScienceLife and Death - Fictional portrayalby patrissimo

See also

• Problem of a potentialverifying rationality dojo.
• Rationality
• Group rationality
• Rationality is systematized winning
• No safe defense

Posts by Eliezer Yudkowsky:

External referencesReferences

Posts by Eliezer Yudkowsky:

• The Martial Art of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky - Basic introduction of the metaphor and some of its consequences.
• A Sense That More Is Possible by Eliezer Yudkowsky - Why do people seem to care more about systematic methods of punching than systematic methods of thinking?
• Epistemic Viciousness by Eliezer Yudkowsky - The classic failure modes of martial arts schools transfer over as direct warnings to would-be rationalists.
• The Failures of Eld Science by Eliezer Yudkowsky- Fictional portrayal of a potential rationality dojo.

• (Epistemic Viciousness in the Martial ArtsPDF (PDF) by Gillian Russell)

Blog Posts

• The Martial Art of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky (basic- Basic introduction of the metaphor and some of its consequences)consequences.
• A Sense That More Is Possible by Eliezer Yudkowsky (why- Why do people seem to care more about systematic methods of punching than systematic methods of thinking?)
• Epistemic Viciousness by Eliezer Yudkowsky (the- The classic failure modes of martial arts schools transfer over as direct warnings to would-be rationalists)rationalists.
• The Failures of Eld Science by Eliezer Yudkowsky (fictional- Fictional portrayal of a potential rationality dojo)dojo.

Other Resources

External references

• Epistemic Viciousness in the Martial Arts (PDF) by Gillian Russell

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