smoofra comments on Tips and Tricks for Answering Hard Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: smoofra 18 January 2010 10:40:45PM 5 points [-]

"Trust your intuitions, but don't waste too much time arguing for them"

This is an excellent point. Intuition plays an absolutely crucial point in human thought, but there's no point in debating an opinion that (by definition, even) you're incapable of verbalizing your reasons for. Let me suggest another maxim:

Intuitions tell you where to look, not what you'll find.