your beliefs proportionally to how surprising the new evidence is — the foundation of rational inference.
The core idea
your beliefs proportionally to how surprising the new evidence is — the foundation of rational inference.
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Mental Model
Mental ModelBlack Swan Theory
, unpredictable events with extreme impact shape history.
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Mental ModelCompounding
growth from consistent small gains over long time horizons.
Mental Model
Mental ModelCorrelation vs Causation
together does not mean one causes the other.
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Mental ModelErgodicity
works across many simultaneously may not work for one across time.
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Mental ModelExponential Growth
accelerates proportionally to current size, slow then explosive.
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Mental ModelFermi Problem
impossible questions into tractable sub-problems for useful estimates.