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Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design In tension — Scott Alexander said bothRests onSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A writer should keep a public list of the things they got significantly wrong, so that readers can judge their credibility. A writer should keep a public list of thethings they got significantly wrong, sothat readers can judge their credibility. Last stated 7 years ago 21 Aug 2019 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2019-08-21 — tap for who they are In tension: Giving something 60-40 odds and being wrong is not itself a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it Giving something 60-40 odds andbeing wrong is not itself a mistake. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Feb 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-02-01 — tap for who they are Rests on: A retraction can itself be wrong, and be worth retracting. — tap to centre the map on it A retraction can itself be wrong,and be worth retracting. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Jun 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Publishing a standing list of your own mistakes, and correcting them, is part of doing science honestly. — tap to centre the map on it Publishing a standing list of yourown mistakes, and correcting them,is part of doing science honestly. Last stated 5 years ago 11 May 2021 SG Stephan Guyenet — holds since 2021-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Published evidence should not be accepted just because it is published, since things can be published even if they are not true. — tap to centre the map on it Published evidence should not beaccepted just because it ispublished, since things can bepublished even if they are not true. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Going to read work you know is good when your own is going badly is legitimate recalibration, not theft. — tap to centre the map on it Going to read work you know is goodwhen your own is going badly islegitimate recalibration, not theft. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Scientists should give all the information others need to judge their work, not just what points one way — tap to centre the map on it Scientists should give all theinformation others need to judgetheir work, not just what points oneway RF Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reviewers can tell the obviously good from the obviously bad, but there is a messy middle where they cannot tell at all. — tap to centre the map on it Reviewers can tell the obviouslygood from the obviously bad, butthere is a messy middle where theycannot tell at all. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jan 2021 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Publishing industry claims to predict how trends will play out, but such predictions are unreliable. — tap to centre the map on it Publishing industry claims topredict how trends will play out,but such predictions are unreliable. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading bad work is instructive as well as reassuring, so a maker should not read only the good stuff. — tap to centre the map on it Reading bad work is instructive aswell as reassuring, so a makershould not read only the good stuff. Last stated 3 years ago 7 Sept 2023 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2023-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are now capable enoughthat they should be trusted toimprove the skills and systems thatguide them. Last stated a month ago 11 Sept 2026 FA Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are SA A view that moved — Scott Alexander: the centre claim 21 Aug 2019, then this one 1 Feb 2023
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At the centre A writer should keep a public list of the things they got significantly wrong, so that readers can judge their credibility. Last stated 21 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Scott Alexander Read this korrent →