4 stories tagged rationality, newest first.
351 points by vinhnx | 134 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 blog essay arguing, via examples like building stairs, that reality's hidden detail explains why people get intellectually stuck.
368 points by lis | 190 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 essay arguing, via examples like building basement stairs, that reality has hidden detail which explains why people get intellectually stuck.
329 points by surprisetalk | 256 comments
A LessWrong essay arguing that most people can't perceive how bad most things are or exactly how they fall short without domain expertise.
358 points by tosh | 123 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 essay arguing that reality contains surprising detail, illustrated by building stairs, and how this explains why people get intellectually stuck.