Automatized Knowledge Can Resist Bias
Habits, automatized knowledge and the subconscious can be a source of bias but can also resist bias.
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Arguments Should Be Decisive Criticisms
Indecisive arguments are illogical.
The Prerequisites of Debate
Recommended, not absolutely required.
In Defense of Debate
TristanTrim wrote on LessWrong (link added): I dislike "argument" and "debate" as contexts for discussing discourse. As implied in Centola's book , more minds are changed by discourse than by debate. I know it's obtuse to use a phrase like "collaborative truth
Dennis Hackethal Falsely Implied That Critical Fallibilism Plagiarizes Karl Popper
Dennis Hackethal has been writing about Critical Fallibilism's (CF's) core ideas, on his Veritula website, but he doesn't name or credit CF or me. Instead, he claims the ideas were invented by Karl Popper and are part of Popper's philosophy, Critical Rationalism
Intellectuals Don't Debate Much
Rational intellectuals should debate multiple times per year.
Debate Policies Introduction
All rational public intellectuals should have debate policies.
Critical Fallibilism and Theory of Constraints in One Analyzed Paragraph
Eli Goldratt is helpful for epistemology.
Error Correction Mechanisms and Parenting
Critical Fallibilism's (CF's) concept of error correction mechanisms helps people deal with fallibility . Common approaches to fallibility allow arbitrary judgments without transparency , thus enabling bias . On the extreme other end of the spectrum is putting unbounded effort into handling fallibility: just keep trying to agree with
Patterns, Similarity and Relevance
Criticism of induction and an alternative.
Breaking Projects into Parts
Evaluate success or failure frequently.
Induction and Critical Rationalism
Popper discovered an alternative to induction.
Intuitive Disagreements
Bringing up intuitions can be done rationally.
Critical Fallibilism Terminology and Partial Truth
Many statements that contradict Critical Fallibilism are reasonable approximations.
What Is Being Open to Debate for a Public Intellectual?
Transparent debate policies are important.