The Cost of Careful Thinking

After some of my previous posts, this seems like a good time to support this point, which someone on twitter put very succinctly: Trying to find truth is sometimes an overwhelming and paralyzing endeavor that makes we wonder if I'm right about anything at all. Finding conclusive answers is so time-consuming and difficult! But uncertainty … Continue reading The Cost of Careful Thinking

Humanity’s Knowledge is Embarrassingly Inaccessible

If you want to know my opinion on any particular issue, there's an easy way that you can guess it with about 80% accuracy: Search for a high-quality survey of the opinions from economists. If the majority of economists support it, I probably do, too. Why economists? Well, for a lot of political issues, they're the … Continue reading Humanity’s Knowledge is Embarrassingly Inaccessible