How to Actually Change Your Mind

Key Insight 1: Rationality Requires Constant Effort and Transcendence

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Key Insight 2: Humility is Action, Not Just Confession

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Key Insight 3: Embrace Improvement Over Egalitarianism

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Key Insight 4: Seek Third Alternatives to Escape False Dilemmas

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Key Insight 5: Invest Hope Wisely, Not in Lotteries

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Key Insight 6: Uncertainty Doesn't Justify Ignoring Evidence

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Key Insight 7: Avoid the Fallacy of Gray: Distinguish Degrees of Uncertainty

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Key Insight 8: Argument Screens Off Authority: Focus on Reasons, Not Rank

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Key Insight 9: Politics is the Mind-Killer: Resist Bias and Seek Truth

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Key Insight 10: Recognize and Mitigate the Correspondence Bias

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Key Insight 11: Beware Affective Death Spirals: Resist Uncritical Supercriticality

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Key Insight 12: Cultish Countercultishness: Avoid the Trap of Anti-Groupthink

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