Psychohistorian comments on Defeating Ugh Fields In Practice - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Psychohistorian 19 June 2010 07:37PM

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Comment author: Psychohistorian 22 June 2010 03:13:54AM 1 point [-]

whether a model aids our thinking, or hinders it

The answer, in this case, is clearly both. It may be better to have an overapplied model than no model at all, but if you've got a model you're clearly overapplying, improvement is a very low-hanging fruit.