Illusions that ground action are real, second realities
Evidence
We must take great care not to ignore the things that are not easily quantified or do not easily admit themselves into our models. The danger, paraphrasing Hannah Arendt, is not so much that our models are false but that they might become true. — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1426 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Models can become true by reshaping reality to fit them — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1426; The imaginary act refracts rather than mirrors the real action it expresses. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 458; Sensory illusions that serve daily life mislead us about cosmic and quantum scales — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 84
Related
- Models can become true by reshaping reality to fit them (similarity 0.86)
- Models anticipate and immanently structure the real, leaving no space for fiction. (similarity 0.79)
- Sensory illusions that serve daily life mislead us about cosmic and quantum scales (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Models can become true by reshaping reality to fit them
#expands(0.60) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1426