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== Resource capture == | == Resource capture == | ||
== Potemkin village == | == Potemkin village == | ||
== Steel-manning == | == Steel-manning == | ||
The steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the exact opposite of the straw man argument. The idea is to find the best form of the opponent's argument to test opposing opinions. | The steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the exact opposite of the straw man argument. The idea is to find the best form of the opponent's argument to test opposing opinions. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#steelmanning Steelmanning] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#steelmanning Steelmanning] | ||
== Maladaptive strategies == | == Maladaptive strategies == | ||
== Deaths of accountability == | == Deaths of accountability == | ||
== Adaptive landscape == | == Adaptive landscape == | ||
== Overton window == | == Overton window == | ||
== Selective pressures == | == Selective pressures == | ||
== Environmental insult == | == Environmental insult == | ||
== TIM - Technology Intelligence Media == | == TIM - Technology Intelligence Media == | ||
== Gating function == | == Gating function == | ||
== Adjective, occupation, name == | == Adjective, occupation, name == | ||
https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/955117591378329606?lang=en | https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/955117591378329606?lang=en | ||
== “It's a beautiful thing” == | == “It's a beautiful thing” == | ||
(In New York City) | (In New York City) | ||
Meaning: You can extract money from people with no say in the matter | Meaning: You can extract money from people with no say in the matter | ||
== Steady hands (in Washington) == | == Steady hands (in Washington) == | ||
He has steady hands. | He has steady hands. | ||
You can count on him to do the wrong thing during an emergency to keep everyone on the inside okay | You can count on him to do the wrong thing during an emergency to keep everyone on the inside okay | ||
Everyone on the inside is super dependent to burn all of their credibility in public | Everyone on the inside is super dependent to burn all of their credibility in public | ||
== EEA environment of evolutionary adaptation == | == EEA environment of evolutionary adaptation == | ||
== Riding on a technical substrate | |||
== Riding on a technical substrate == | |||
== Artificial out-teligence == | == Artificial out-teligence == | ||
== Paraesthetize == | == Paraesthetize == | ||
== Church and | |||
== Church and Pike commissions == | |||
== Umwelt == | == Umwelt == | ||
(in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. | (in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. | ||
== Semi-reliable communal sense-making == | == Semi-reliable communal sense-making == | ||
(1 overarching crisis) | (1 overarching crisis) | ||
== Thinkquisition == | == Thinkquisition == | ||
== Artificial out-telligence == | == Artificial out-telligence == | ||
== Anti-expert == | == Anti-expert == | ||
== 4 quadrant model == | == 4 quadrant model == | ||
== Long/short positions (nuanced positions) == | == Long/short positions (nuanced positions) == | ||
== De-Potemkin == | == De-Potemkin == | ||
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== Semi-reliable communal sense making == | == Semi-reliable communal sense making == | ||
== Dining a la carte philosophically/politically/ideologically == | == Dining a la carte philosophically/politically/ideologically == | ||
== Potemkin village == | == Potemkin village == | ||
== Peer review == | == Peer review == | ||
== Forced citation == | == Forced citation == | ||
== Operation Cointel pro == | == Operation Cointel pro == | ||
== Kayfabe == | == Kayfabe == | ||
== Efficient Frontier == | == Efficient Frontier == | ||
== The Observerse == | == The Observerse == | ||
== Anthropic capitalism == | == Anthropic capitalism == | ||
== Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness == | == Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness == | ||
== Genius vs Excellence == | == Genius vs Excellence == | ||
== Samizdat == | == Samizdat == | ||
The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe. | The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe. | ||
== Adaptive valley == | == Adaptive valley == | ||
https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879 | https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879 | ||
== 4-quadrant model == | == 4-quadrant model == | ||
https://www.google.com/amp/s/everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/four-quadrant-model-eric-weinstein/amp | https://www.google.com/amp/s/everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/four-quadrant-model-eric-weinstein/amp | ||
== Rent-seeking elites == | == Rent-seeking elites == | ||
== Long term vs short term optimization == | == Long term vs short term optimization == | ||
== “No more heroes” Charles | |||
== “No more heroes” Charles Lindberg == | |||
== Russell conjugates / Emotive Conjugates == | == Russell conjugates / Emotive Conjugates == | ||
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== Escher's Hands Drawing Hands == | |||
== Teaching disabilities == | == Teaching disabilities == | ||
Not Learning Disabilities | Not Learning Disabilities | ||
Differential diagnosis | Differential diagnosis | ||
A/B testing | |||
== A/B testing == | |||
== Irrationality == | == Irrationality == | ||
Irrationality is a feature not a bug. | Irrationality is a feature not a bug. | ||
It gives us the ability to Camp and decamp | It gives us the ability to Camp and decamp | ||
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Revision as of 20:35, 17 April 2020
Eric often uses terms or turns-of-phrase that some people may not immediately understand. This page is a reference source for those only. This should not be confused with more general topic areas that may at first cause confusion such as the DISC, EGOs, Load-Bearing Fictions, etc.
Minus epsilon
This originates from the epsilon-delta definition of a limit in mathematics.
There is no secret ingredient
This is a line from Eric's favorite movie, Kung Fu Panda.
Don't Screw Yourself Out of Magic
- https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1169339966477852673
- https://nilesjohnson.net/seven-manifolds.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milnor
Resource capture
Potemkin village
Steel-manning
The steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the exact opposite of the straw man argument. The idea is to find the best form of the opponent's argument to test opposing opinions.
Maladaptive strategies
Deaths of accountability
Adaptive landscape
Overton window
Selective pressures
Environmental insult
TIM - Technology Intelligence Media
Gating function
Adjective, occupation, name
https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/955117591378329606?lang=en
“It's a beautiful thing”
(In New York City) Meaning: You can extract money from people with no say in the matter
Steady hands (in Washington)
He has steady hands. You can count on him to do the wrong thing during an emergency to keep everyone on the inside okay Everyone on the inside is super dependent to burn all of their credibility in public
EEA environment of evolutionary adaptation
Riding on a technical substrate
Artificial out-teligence
Paraesthetize
Church and Pike commissions
Umwelt
(in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism.
Semi-reliable communal sense-making
(1 overarching crisis)
Thinkquisition
Artificial out-telligence
Anti-expert
4 quadrant model
Long/short positions (nuanced positions)
De-Potemkin
Depotemkin, verb: To create the missing reality that a façade was originally constructed to suggest was present.
Semi-reliable communal sense making
Dining a la carte philosophically/politically/ideologically
Potemkin village
Peer review
Forced citation
Operation Cointel pro
Kayfabe
Efficient Frontier
The Observerse
Anthropic capitalism
Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness
Genius vs Excellence
Samizdat
The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe.
Adaptive valley
https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879
4-quadrant model
https://www.google.com/amp/s/everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/four-quadrant-model-eric-weinstein/amp
Rent-seeking elites
Long term vs short term optimization
“No more heroes” Charles Lindberg
Russell conjugates / Emotive Conjugates
Escher's Hands Drawing Hands
Teaching disabilities
Not Learning Disabilities Differential diagnosis
A/B testing
Irrationality
Irrationality is a feature not a bug. It gives us the ability to Camp and decamp