Rule Thinkers In, Not Out — LessWrong
"Some of the people who have most inspired me have been inexcusably wrong on basic issues. But you only need one world-changing revelation to be wort…
x Rule Thinkers In, Not Out — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2019 Epistemology Affect Heuristic Distinctions History Practice & Philosophy of Science Frontpage 281 Rule Thinkers In, Not Out by Scott Alexander 27th Feb 2019 SSC 5 min read 67 281 Imagine a black box which, when you pressed a button, would generate a scientific hypothesis. 50% of its hypotheses are false; 50% are true hypotheses as game-changing and elegant as relativity. Even despite the error rate, it’s easy to see this box would quickly surpass space capsules, da Vinci paintings, and printer ink cartridges to become the most valu
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