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Mysterious Answers

Aug 24, 2017 by Eliezer Yudkowsky

This sequence asks whether science resolves the problems raised so far. Scientists base their models on repeatable experiments, not speculation or hearsay. And science has an excellent track record compared to anecdote, religion, and . . . pretty much everything else. Do we still need to worry about “fake” beliefs, confirmation bias, hindsight bias, and the like when we’re working with a community of people who want to explain phenomena, not just tell appealing stories?

183Fake Explanations
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305Guessing the Teacher's Password
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173Science as Attire
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142Fake Causality
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161Semantic Stopsigns
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244Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
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125The Futility of Emergence
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123Say Not "Complexity"
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166Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
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143Lawful Uncertainty
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119My Wild and Reckless Youth
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122Failing to Learn from History
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203Making History Available
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122Explain/Worship/Ignore?
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166"Science" as Curiosity-Stopper
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196Truly Part Of You
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Interlude
175The Simple Truth
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