MichaelVassar comments on Near and far skills - Less Wrong

20 Post author: cousin_it 19 October 2009 01:16PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 21 October 2009 03:29:12AM 3 points [-]

Speculation within near-far dualism: Far mode is abstract.\ > Meta-level thought is abstract. > Meta-level thinking necessarily takes place in far mode > error correction is meta-level > Error correction takes place in far mode > far mode may be less reliable than near by default, but the most reliable thoughts must take place in far mode.

Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 10:39:10AM 1 point [-]

Error correction takes place in far mode

What? I'm pretty sure this is wrong. Errors get corrected by experience.