# Introduction to Critical Fallibilism

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-fallibilism/1920
**Category:** Elliot Temple
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**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-fallibilism/1920 "2024-04-04T20:38:29Z")
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#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-fallibilism/1920/2 "2025-02-04T22:08:13Z")

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I’m doing a close reading of this article.

This outline has a few additional comments by me, so it isn’t only trying to represent the article.

CF inspiration outline:

- CR
  - we’re _fallible_.
    - we make mistakes and _cannot guarantee truth_

  - learn by _critical discussion_
  - learning is an _evolutionary process_
    - improves by _error correction_, _not positive justification_ (not adding points)

- TOC
  - focus on _constraints_ to achieve _goals_
    - bottlenecks and limiting factors

  - most factors have _excess capacity_
    - optimization is wasted on these factors
    - _local optima_ vs _global optima_

  - _buffers_ can help you deal with _variance_
  - finding _silver bullets_ using _inherent simplicity_

- Objectivism
  - proper learning involves _integration_ and _automatization_
    - limited capacity of active memory/thinking requires that _multiple simpler ideas_ are _integrated_ into a single more complex conceptual unit.
      - I think you can also call it abstraction. can think about difference between abstraction and integration
      - _automatization_ also helps the limited capacity by taking off load and reducing errors
        - happens by _practicing_

  - CS
    - _digital systems_ are _fundamentally_ better than _analog systems_ at _error correction_

I haven’t started reading past the first heading.

This took 20 minutes.

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