G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryThe Map-Territory Distinction Creates ConfusionLessWrong isn’t exactly founded on the map-territory model of truth, but it’s definitely pretty core to the LessWrong worldview. The…6 min read·Jan 4, 2022----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryWhy the Problem of the Criterion MattersI think the problem of the criterion is really, really important. So important that I’m willing to risk annoying people by bringing it up…10 min read·Oct 30, 2021----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryForcing yourself to keep your identity small is self-harmThe title lays out my thesis in perhaps the maximally provocative way: if you put direct effort into keeping your identity small (à la…3 min read·Apr 16, 2021--2--2
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryThe Problem of the CriterionI keep finding cause to discuss the problem of the criterion, so I figured I’d try my hand at writing up a post explaining it. I don’t…11 min read·Jan 22, 2021----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryYou are Dissociating (probably)You are probably dissociating all the time and don’t realize it. Let’s look at just what I mean by this bold claim.6 min read·Jan 4, 2021----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryA Model of Ontological DevelopmentIn this post I present a model of human psychological development based on increases in the structural complexity of ontology. Or more…2 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryLet Your Mind Be Not FixedWhen I was a teenager, I knew my mind was not like adults.4 min read·Aug 7, 2020----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryNormalization of DevianceAn important, ongoing part of the rationalist project is to build richer mental models for understanding the world. To that end I’d like…3 min read·Jan 2, 2020--1--1
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryDoxa, Episteme, and Gnosis RevisitedExactly two years to the day I started writing this post I published Map and Territory’s most popular post of all time, “Doxa, Episteme…11 min read·Nov 20, 2019----
G Gordon Worley IIIinMap and TerritoryMinimization of prediction error as a foundation for human values in AI alignmentI’ve mentioned in posts twice (and previously in several comments) that I’m excited about predictive coding, specifically the idea that…6 min read·Oct 9, 2019--1--1
