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Connecting Words to Reality

Jul 01, 2022 by Ruby

Part 5 of 6 from the Sequence Highlights.

To understand reality, especially on confusing topics, it's important to understand the mental processes involved in forming concepts and using words to speak about them.

292Taboo Your Words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
133
153Dissolving the Question
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
122
546Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease
Scott Alexander
15y
356
171Hug the Query
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
22
121Say Not "Complexity"
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
53
90Mind Projection Fallacy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
91
296How An Algorithm Feels From Inside
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
85
394Expecting Short Inferential Distances
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
106
180Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
52