Alicorn comments on City of Lights - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Alicorn 31 March 2010 11:30PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 26 June 2010 11:46:14PM *  2 points [-]

I would like to mention that the City of Lights technique is at its best when it is used to think through the various aspects of a specific problem without feeling pressed to aim at only one set of considerations. Using lots of subagents, or using them all the time, is correlated with something being systematically wrong. If you need them, far be it from me to stop you, but I get by with two in virtually every situation where they're called for and have never felt the need for more than six.

Comment author: PeerInfinity 27 June 2010 03:31:31AM 1 point [-]

Right. Normally only two or three, or sometimes four, are involved in any particular conversation.

Er, wait, no, normally it's the three bunnies, plus maybe one other subagent.