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“But that’s for one event. When it comes to multiplying by quantities and probabilities, complication is to be avoided—at least if you care more about the destination than the journey. When you’ve reflected on enough intuitions, and corrected enough absurdities, you start to see a common denominator, a meta-principle at work, which one might phrase as “Shut up and multiply.”” (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality)
“But that’s for one event. When it comes to multiplying by quantities and probabilities, complication is to be avoided—at least if you care more about the destination than the journey. When you’ve reflected on enough intuitions, and corrected enough absurdities, you start to see a common denominator, a meta-principle at work, which one might phrase as “Shut up and multiply.”” (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality)
Certain actions may make us feel better than other ones (helping someone cross the street versus donating money to save lives acros the world). In order to compensate for our own feelings, it’s best to Shut up and multiply.