Willingness to break rules is necessary to fix broken models of the world

Negation: Willingness to break rules is not necessary to fix broken models of the world 0 0 0

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Argument #00d02944 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Broken models of the world leave clues where they clash with reality, which can lead to new ideas 1 0 2

and

Willingness to break rules is necessary to fix broken models of the world 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Good new ideas often seem bad initially because they break rules or norms 1 0 2

Argument #44d52038 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Willingness to break rules is necessary to fix broken models of the world 1 0 2

and

Good new ideas often seem bad initially because they break rules or norms 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Comfort with breaking rules can come from enjoying it or being indifferent to them 1 0 2

Argument #ae83059f 1 0 2

If it is true that...

New ideas often seem obvious once they are seen, but require changing the way one looks at the world to be discovered 1 0 2

and

Broken models of the world leave clues where they clash with reality, which can lead to new ideas 1 0 2

and

Willingness to break rules is necessary to fix broken models of the world 1 0 2

and

Good new ideas often seem bad initially because they break rules or norms 1 0 2

and

Comfort with breaking rules can come from enjoying it or being indifferent to them 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Overlooked ideas can be discovered by working from what's obscuring them 1 0 2

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Many discoveries come from questioning things that others take for granted 1 0 2 Chasing outlier ideas can lead to significant discoveries 1 0 2 New ideas often seem obvious once they are seen, but require changing the way one looks at the world to be discovered 1 0 2 Broken models of the world leave clues where they clash with reality, which can lead to new ideas 1 0 2 Good new ideas often seem bad initially because they break rules or norms 1 0 2 Comfort with breaking rules can come from enjoying it or being indifferent to them 1 0 2 In certain fields, ideas need to be both correct and novel 1 0 2 Some types of work only require correctness, not novelty 1 0 2 One needs rules to rely on when instinct fails 1 0 2 A governance model that pushes for a particular vision of fairness, or the desire to centralize power, can subtly erode individual freedom of action 0 0 1