MichaelGR comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:35PM

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Comment author: Rlive 20 January 2010 08:11:47PM *  5 points [-]

I think "clicky" people are people who are not emotionally vested in their beliefs.

Many people need their beliefs to be true in order to feel like they are valuable and worthwhile people.

Clicky people simply don't need that (or at least need that to a lesser extent). Instead, clicky people need to be right whether or not that means they were initially wrong.

Comment author: MichaelGR 20 January 2010 08:17:27PM *  4 points [-]

It sounds like it might have something to do with what Carol Dweck describes as the "Growth Mindset", as opposed to the "Fixed Mindset".

Here's something I wrote about it a couple years ago based on a Nigel Holmes graphic (still one of the most popular posts on my blog):

http://michaelgr.com/2007/04/15/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset-which-one-are-you/