Eliezer Yudkowsky

needed to address that challenge

the thing to do with a testable hypothesis is to go test it

If he was going to descend into this madness, he was going to do it with style

Being plopped in front of a giant heap of gold coins was a test of character so pure it was archetypal

Is this a usual amount of money for a young couple to have in their vault, in the wizarding world

"I am all about reasonable! I am totally on board with fiscal prudence and impulse control! But I didsee some things on the way here which would constitute sensible, grown-up purchases..."

When we look at others we see personality traits that explain their behavior, but when we look at ourselves we see circumstances that explain our behavior.

fundamental attribution error

We only see them in one situation, and we don't see what they would be like in a different situation. So the fundamental attribution error is that we explain by permanent, enduring traits what would be better explained by circumstance and context

'm not even going to ask how a pouch ends up with voice recognition and natural language