Meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness
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Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness
How to Find Us: Go into this Del Taco. We will be in the back room if possible.
Parking is free in the lot out front or on the street nearby.
Discussion: How we keep repeating that anecdote of the digger wasp's sphexish foolishness, repeating the same behavior over and over, never realizing it is accomplishing nothing. We repeat this anecdote over and over, over and over again, never realizing that it is a misleading intuition pump.
Recommended Reading:
- Sphexishness
- Digger Wasp: Uses in Philosophy
- The Sphex Story: How the cognitive sciences kept repeating an old and questionable anecdote
- The full text of the previous item, ungated by magic
No prior exposure to Less Wrong is required; this will be generally accessible.
Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—Sphexishness and Meta-Sphexishness
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