An observation, which is not intended to contradict your thesis but I think is worth considering as I begin to read through your body of work: there are some cases where the feedback loop between the "lens" (us) and reality causes iterative adjustments to the lens to actually warp reality, making proper correction impossible.
Consider the stock market. Here we might hold belief X, which causes us to predict that Y situation will result in Z outcome. Concretely, we might say that "AI is very important" and then use this belief to predict that "companies which prioritize AI should be valued higher." If many people do this, it is very likely that reality... (read more)
An observation, which is not intended to contradict your thesis but I think is worth considering as I begin to read through your body of work: there are some cases where the feedback loop between the "lens" (us) and reality causes iterative adjustments to the lens to actually warp reality, making proper correction impossible.
Consider the stock market. Here we might hold belief X, which causes us to predict that Y situation will result in Z outcome. Concretely, we might say that "AI is very important" and then use this belief to predict that "companies which prioritize AI should be valued higher." If many people do this, it is very likely that reality... (read more)