Cluelessness is Zeno’s paradox for EAs

Cluelessness can be an artifact of expected-value epistemics disconnecting from meaning. We know that sometimes, when taking the consequentialist stance, we lose meaningfulness. Cluelessness is a sophisticated example where the meaning has been lost and the tool is taking us for a ride.In Socrates’ time, way back during the Axial Age, there was this guy named Zeno, and Zeno analyzed the flight of an arrow. His analysis led to the conclusion that movement from one place to another is impossible,

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