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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?

188Fake Explanations
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312Guessing the Teacher's Password
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177Science as Attire
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145Fake Causality
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163Semantic Stopsigns
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250Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
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130The Futility of Emergence
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128Say Not "Complexity"
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180Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
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144Lawful Uncertainty
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120My Wild and Reckless Youth
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127Failing to Learn from History
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205Making History Available
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124Explain/Worship/Ignore?
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171"Science" as Curiosity-Stopper
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197Truly Part Of You
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Interlude
181The Simple Truth
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