Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Working Mantras - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 August 2009 10:08PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 August 2009 07:56:54AM 1 point [-]

Well, okay, but here I'm listing things that I actually find myself thinking out loud during a typical working day. Not just general good advice.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 25 August 2009 08:02:43AM *  0 points [-]

That's part of the everyday practice: always look for more stuff to study, in particular when a new idea comes to mind, first try to find more on it in the existing science, and only if nothing seems to be related, commit to trying to develop it yourself. And still, never stop searching for the related stuff in the background.

Comment author: UnholySmoke 25 August 2009 08:49:48AM 0 points [-]

Feeling this one. So odd how having a really solid grounding in a subject allows you to work out what later seems to be basic truths.