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we use the term “superintelligence” to refer to intellects that greatly outperform the best current human minds across many very general cognitive domains.
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
The emphasis here should not be on why questions (“Why didn’t that work?” or “Why do you think you should do that?”), because these take both of you backward and upward into a fuzzy retrospective world of conjecture and concepts. Instead, rely on your what questions (“What do you actually want to have happen?” or “What are a couple of actions you could take right now?”).
Nine Lies About Work
Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall
29. Popper’s Falsifiability Principle:
For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be possible to disprove or refute it. As such, for each of your beliefs you should have a clear idea of what would persuade you you're wrong, otherwise your belief is immune to reason.
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