What Neel Nanda thinks about behavioural science
Runs the mechanistic interpretability team at Google DeepMind; worked on interpretability at Anthropic before that.
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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Neel Nanda has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIt's a lot easier for someone to engage with an argument if they generated the key steps themselves by answering my questions - if imposed by me, it sparks contrarianism and defensiveness
↗Post 51: Socratic Persuasion: Giving Opinionated Yet Truth-Seeking Adviceneelnanda.io 1st of 2 in this piece
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Our readingPeople's opinions are shaped more by who they talk to most than by what is actually true.
Their wordsThough note that people's opinions are often substantially reflections of the people they speak to most, rather than what's actually true.
↗Post 50: Good Research Takes are Not Sufficient for Good Strategic Takesneelnanda.io 2nd of 2 in this piece