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Jun 3, 2022

Rationality, Levels of Intervention, and Empiricism

First published 1/1/2021, modified 6/3/2022 Introduction This post is first about optimizing the intellectual performance of a community. I describe a number of “levels” at which one might try to intervene, or set up rules or practices. For clarity and evocativeness, I start with a somewhat analogous challenge, that of getting…

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Nov 16, 2021

When to Fight, When to Seek Peace

1. A simple taxonomy Many people have a simple taxonomy when it comes to conflict: good guys and bad guys. On this view, good guys want peace, bad guys want conflict. …

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When to Fight, When to Seek Peace
When to Fight, When to Seek Peace
Strategy

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Jul 1, 2020

The Endurance of Research Programs

Part 5 of the essay series Research and Knowledge Accumulation Euclid vs. Galileo vs. Freud Some thinkers’ ideas are refined and built on for decades, centuries, or millennia. Other thinkers’ ideas are explored but then abandoned. Euclid and Galileo are examples of the former. Euclid’s Elements in 300 BC presented…

Research

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The Endurance of Research Programs
The Endurance of Research Programs
Research

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Mar 17, 2020

Intellectual Schelling Points

Part 4 of the essay series Research and Knowledge Accumulation Towards accumulation Left to itself, knowledge naturally decays. Yet we see many cases around us where researchers make discoveries and knowledge accumulates. What allows knowledge to accumulate in these cases? In this essay, we will introduce the idea of an…

Research

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Intellectual Schelling Points
Intellectual Schelling Points
Research

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Feb 26, 2020

Knowledge Preservation and Decay

Part 3 of the essay series Research and Knowledge Accumulation Preserving knowledge It is easy to believe that knowledge accumulates automatically. …

Research

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Knowledge Preservation and Decay
Knowledge Preservation and Decay
Research

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Feb 13, 2020

How to Understand Research Productivity

Part 2 of the essay series Research and Knowledge Accumulation Finding a way in In my previous essay, I proposed that the idea of knowledge accumulation was a key missing concept in our understanding of research. How knowledge accumulation works is itself an entire topic — hence this essay series…

Research

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How to Understand Research Productivity
How to Understand Research Productivity
Research

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Feb 1, 2020

A Problem With Research?

Part 1 of the essay series Research and Knowledge Accumulation Mountains of research Our society is spending an enormous amount of money and effort on research. Here is a graph of PhDs granted, money spent, and papers published over the last hundred years:

Research

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A Problem With Research?
A Problem With Research?
Research

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Geoff Anders

Geoff Anders

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Philosopher, research program designer.

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