thomblake comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2010 02:35:13PM 1 point [-]

I'm going to be giving a lecture soon on rationality. I'm probably going to focus on human cognitive bias. Any thoughts on what I should absolutely not miss including?

Comment author: RobinZ 04 May 2010 02:41:02PM 3 points [-]

I recall "Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People":

Whether I do it on paper, or in speech, I now try to never mention calibration and overconfidence unless I have first talked about disconfirmation bias, motivated skepticism, sophisticated arguers, and dysrationalia in the mentally agile. First, do no harm!

Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2010 02:48:42PM *  1 point [-]

Thanks; that sort of thing is exactly why I asked.

Comment author: RobinZ 04 May 2010 02:49:55PM 0 points [-]

Glad to be of service!

Comment author: nerzhin 04 May 2010 06:29:33PM 0 points [-]

Can you give us a basic outline of what you have? Then it's a lot easier to see if you're missing anything.

Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2010 06:43:27PM 0 points [-]

Sure, I'll probably post an outline once I've written it up. I just didn't want to start down a path neglecting something important.

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