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What is wisdom?

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In "Archimedes's Chronophone", Yudkowsky asks: What would you say to Archimedes——what important message would you want to send back in time, to set the world on a hopeworthy course from then on——if you're barred from saying anything that's too anachronistic? That is: What would you say, if the message Archimedes receives is not literally what you said, but rather is whatever would be the output of the timeless principles that you used to generate your message, as applied in Archimedes's mind in his context? He then explains that the question points at advice we can give to ourselves for original thinking. More generally, he writes: The point of the chronophone dilemma is to make us think about what kind of cognitive policies are good to follow when you don't know your destination in advance. This question doesn't only address what to say to Archimedes through the chronophone, or what to say to ourselves. It also addresses what advice we can give to our contemporaries, when our contempo

What is wisdom? November 13, 2023 1. Laterally through the chronophone Lateral anachronism Examples of lateral anachronism Answer?: Rationality Answer?: Wisdom 2. What wisdom is 3. What wisdom is not Delimitations Where wisdom fails Perversions of wisdom 4. Hypothesis 5. Questions 1. Laterally through the chronophone In " Archimedes's Chronophone ", Yudkowsky asks: What would you say to Archimedes——what important message would you want to send back in time, to set the world on a hopeworthy course from then on——if you're barred from saying anything that's too anachronist

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