Scott Alexander explores whether people can be honestly mistaken about their own experiences, presenting counterexamples and attempting to reconcile them with the idea that we can't be wrong about our immediate subjective experiences. Longer summary

Scott Alexander discusses the concept of whether people can be honestly wrong about their own experiences. He initially asserts that people can't be wrong about their own experience, only lying or telling the truth. However, he then explores several counterexamples and edge cases that challenge this view. These include instances of hunger not being consciously felt, time perception on drugs, a woman claiming to be enlightened but unaware of her thoughts, optical illusions, and psychedelic experiences. Scott attempts to reconcile these examples with his initial assertion by differentiating between subjective experiences and underlying realities. He concludes by acknowledging the difficulty in maintaining his original position, while still feeling that there's something fundamentally true about the idea that we can't be wrong about our immediate experiences. Shorter summary

Scott Alexander explores subjective temporal granularity, its relation to meditation, and how it might allow for intervening in thought construction. Longer summary

Scott Alexander explores the concept of subjective temporal granularity and its potential connection to meditation. He starts by quoting a Reddit comment that explains meditation as a method for training the mind to override automatic responses. Scott then describes his own experiments with temporal granularity, finding he can perceive events at about a quarter-second scale. He relates this to claims by experienced meditators about perceiving 'vibrations' in sensory input. Scott speculates that meditation might be a way to refine one's subjective temporal granularity, potentially allowing intervention in the thought construction process rather than just experiencing finished thoughts. Shorter summary