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In praise of fake frameworks — LessWrong

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Followup to: Gears in Understanding I use a lot of fake frameworks — that is, ways of seeing the world that are probably or obviously wrong in some important way. I think this is an important skill. There are obvious pitfalls, but I think the advantages are more than worth it. In fact, I think the "pitfalls" can even sometimes be epistemically useful. Here I want to share why. This is for two reasons: With that, let's get started. There are two kinds of people: extroverts and introverts. …sort of. I mean, as I look around, it certainly looks like there's a difference between outgoing social butterflies and quiet types who mostly stay at home. Maybe it's more like a continuum rather than a binary thing. But if so, I find myself wondering if it's bimodal with rough "extrovert" and "introvert" clusters anyway. But then I look at long lists of differences between extroverts and introverts, and I worry. What exactly do these terms mean? Is it just about how talkative and loud people are? I

x In praise of fake frameworks — LessWrong Gears-Level World Modeling Techniques Ontology Modeling People World Modeling Personal Blog 127 In praise of fake frameworks by Valentine 11th Jul 2017 9 min read 18 127 Related to: Bucket errors , Categorizing Has Consequences , Fallacies of Compression Followup to: Gears in Understanding I use a lot of fake frameworks — that is, ways of seeing the world that are probably or obviously wrong in some important way. I think this is an important skill. There are obvious pitfalls , but I think the advantages are more than worth it. In fact, I think the "p

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