The hottest Rationalism Substack posts right now

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Ralph Ammer β€’ 668 implied HN points β€’ 02 May 23
  1. David Hume believed that our knowledge comes from outside through observation, not from within through reason.
  2. Empiricists trust that the material world has structure through cause and effect, but Hume questioned the certainty of this trust.
  3. Deductions provide logical certainty, while inductions offer general rules based on probability.
Philosophy bear β€’ 62 implied HN points β€’ 10 Mar 23
  1. It's more important for society to get questions right than for individuals to be right, especially for political, existential risk, scientific, technological, and ethical questions.
  2. Different aspects of belief can go in different directions within a single person, and collective rationality can differ from individual rationality.
  3. Advocating beliefs should consider the gap between personal belief and societal belief, and focus on contributing unique information to enhance public reason.
Extropic Thoughts β€’ 39 implied HN points β€’ 13 Apr 23
  1. Pancritical rationalism encourages continuous improvement by embracing criticism and rejecting dogmatism.
  2. PCR aligns with Extropian values, promoting dynamic optimism, self-transformation, and intelligent technology.
  3. A metacontext like PCR can help create an environment for rationality to flourish by fostering open-mindedness and critical thinking.
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Meaningness β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 25 Oct 20
  1. The post discusses how rationalist misunderstanding of statistics contributed to the replication crisis in some sciences, revealing that much of what was believed to be true was false.
  2. The section focuses on probabilistic rationalism and sheds light on the importance of statistics in research and decision-making processes.
  3. The post is geared towards paid subscribers, providing exclusive content on challenging topics related to confusion and rationalism.
Meaningness β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 02 Oct 20
  1. The post discusses the end of logic and the challenges that logical rationalism faces due to limited knowledge.
  2. The chapter explores how we don't know everything, which poses a significant difficulty for rationalism.
  3. The post is part of a series that covers logical rationalism and probabilistic rationalism, with this chapter focusing on the concept of incomplete knowledge.